‘Pop spirituality’ can include anything — some kriya, snakes, spirits, ghosts — things that can neither be verified nor negated. India had a better name: ‘Adhyatma’, which means ‘self-knowledge’, not ‘spirituality’. And once you realize it's about knowing yourself through self-inquiry, it becomes the ruthless negation of all imaginary products of the ego — with deep respect for facts.
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Questioner: Namaste, sir. Welcome to Bangalore. It's good to see you. Sir, my name is Hitesh. I work as a Product Manager with Oracle. A lot of the product decisions that we make are data-driven. I'm surrounded with people who are logical, rational, and ask a lot of questions before we arrive at any decision.
Now, whenever I hear the word "spirituality", I imagine a man who's incompetent running away from the real-world challenges, seeking some otherworldly fancies, believing in godmen, superstitions, vibrations, stones. I don't know pretty much everything. Now, I researched you and the work that you have been doing. It's the complete opposite of the image that I had. So, I really want to know: What is spirituality? And who is a spiritual man?
Acharya Prashant: Please sit. That's a nice way to begin this session. So, what in the common mind defines spirituality and the spiritual man? Somebody who is incompetent, running away from the world, and believing in superstitions and random mysticism and the occult and such things? Okay.
