Plans of future come from fears of the past || Acharya Prashant, with youth (2013)

Question: Acharya Ji, when I think of the future, then it appears like slavery of the past, because future emerges from the images of the past. But at the same time there is a fear that if I do not think of the future, from where will my action come.

Acharya Prashant: Pranab(the questioner), it is actually very simple. It is not at all complicated if you look at it carefully. Future is automatically, naturally flowing from the present.

At this moment, several of us, as is evident from our faces, are listening carefully. Right? You are still and listening carefully. In this process of listening, you are not thinking, not planning; just listening. You are just present, and future is being created. Have we not moved in time in the last few minutes? Even as you are listening, is future not happening? Moment-by-moment, are we not moving into the future? We are, we surely are. And that is happening on its own, without needing any interference from our side.

But what do we think? Our usual conception is that – “Unless I create a future, future will not come.” Correct? Our conception is: “Unless I create the future, the future will not come.” Or let me put it this way: “Unless I create a beautiful future for me, there would be no beauty in the future.” Is that more correct? Is that the way you think, that – “Unless I create a beautiful future for me, there would be no beauty in the future”?

Listeners: Yes.