The importance of going against nature || Acharya Prashant, at SPIT Mumbai (2022)
Questioner(Q): Hello, sir. Today's session is on Fearless Living. So, with respect to this topic, I would like to ask you, aren't we going against nature if we try to be fearless? Because in the course of evolution, the emotion of fear has never been eliminated. Also, it helps many species in the race for survival. It also plays a huge role in avoiding wars and conflicts, not only among humans but also other among other species. So, it's nature which favors, which has planted the emotion of fear in all of us. So, in some sense, we are going against nature.
Acharya Prashant (AP): Very, very good question, lovely! A great one to begin with. What's your name?
Q: Lokesh.
AP: Lokesh. Good. Lokesh, you said fear is an evolutionary tool embedded within us. So, you're talking about the self. You're saying within me - nature, mother nature, Prakṛti has embedded this thing called fear to help us in some way.
Who are you? Who's being talked of here? Remember you are not one but two. One of you two is the body, right? The body and whatsoever Prakṛti or mother nature has given you pertains to the body, the other you is consciousness. The body as birthed by, as controlled and programmed and conditioned by Prakṛti demands survival, demands security, demands pleasure, and demands reproduction that's what the body wants.
