Real spirituality is actually a shameless path тАФ not something that sounds elevated or admirable. In contrast, conventional spirituality or тАШLokdharmтАЩ feels poetic and enchanting тАФ romantic mysticism. The most common statements are often the ones that deserve your scrutiny. Whenever you're bombarded with high-sounding fluff, ask: тАЬWhat exactly do you mean by that?тАЭ Expect answers rooted in bare facts, not in abstractions, idioms, or euphemisms.
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Questioner: Acharya Ji, if everything is happening within consciousness and the individual self is ultimately an illusion, then why do you emphasize finding meaningful work and doing it with full passion so deeply that you forget time itself? Wouldn't immersing oneself in deep meditation be the most direct path to reconnect with the source of consciousness?
Acharya Prashant: And I do all that so that from this entire statement the first little word disappears. What was the first word in the statement?
Questioner: If.
Acharya Prashant: Yes. тАШIfтАЩ means somebody else. It's an ideal. It is not something of your life. Now repeat the statement starting with тАШif.тАЩ
