The Only Way to Help the World Is to Leave the World Alone

Acharya Prashant

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The Only Way to Help the World Is to Leave the World Alone

The world’s problems are solved by those who do not contribute to those problems. The world’s problems are not solved by those who take the world seriously. The world’s problems are actually solved by those who know that the world does not mean anything; hence they leave the world to itself. Read more....

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Questioner: Why should I care about global warming or such worldly issues? If the world is unreal, then why do all these things matter?

Acharya Prashant: You don’t care about global warming, do you?

Questioner: Still, why should anyone care about global warming?

Acharya Prashant: Forget about others, because you do not know others. But you anyway don’t care about global warming, do you? So, where is the question, “Why should I care about global warming?”

Questioner: Should I forget about it then?

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Hema Trivedi

2y ago

The solution lies not in what we should do but in what we should not do. ✳️ That's great!!👏👏

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