Love towards family, and real responsibility || Acharya Prashant (2016)

Questioner (Q): Where do we draw the line between responsibility and love towards family members or relatives or friends? How do we know what is responsibility and what is really coming from love? Because of the conditioning, there is partiality involved, we see people with different ways.

Q2: Conditions of love are selective! Totally selective.

Q1: How do we know then?

Acharya Prashant (AP): It is not knowing about whether our actions are right or wrong. You see, it is such a camouflaged ploy of the mind. The mind asks, "How do I know whether my actions are arising out of an acquired sense of responsibility or whether is it real love?"

The mind does not want to ask, "Am I right?" The mind will ask, "Is my action right?"

Now can right action, whether in responsibility or in love — and both are beautiful words; love and responsibility — arise out of the wrong mind? Can it?

And out of a right mind, can wrong action arise?