One seeks change because one is not satisfied. One is attracted to new beginnings because one is not quite alright with his current state. No activity, no beginning, nothing new will help. The past that shapes us does not end but continues by renaming itself as the future. You do not need the beginning of a new pattern; you need termination from all patterns.
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Questioner: Can we begin from Nowhere?
Acharya Prashant: Can we begin from Nowhere?
Questioner: Yes.
Acharya Prashant: Actually you always begin from somewhere. If you begin from nowhere, you also show no movement and you also do not go anywhere. Nowhere is not a point of beginning. All beginning implies a change in state. All beginning implies that there was no movement and then there is a movement. This movement you call as beginning. One is not moving, then one moves. And this change in state, one call as the beginning – I have just begun.
In Nowhere, in that nothingness that you are terming as nowhere, there is no beginning and hence no end. And that’s a great relief. Remember, whatever begins is definitely going to end. And whatever is going to end always carries expectations and fear with it. Hence, a beginning is not really such a nice thing to have. We keep on saying, “Let’s begin. Let’s start. Let’s change. Let’s reform. Let’s improve.” All of which are names for just the same thing. The thing is Activity, “Let’s do something.”
