The world is full of people who pursued what they call their interest, or their hobby—or their love even—and kept feeling as frustrated as you probably do. See, the influences that others have upon us, we resist them. So, as you are saying, your parents have a certain influence upon you. You want to resist it, you don’t feel comfortable. There is a constant feeling that, “I am doing something under somebody’s influence or pressure.
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Questioner: I am doing something due to somebody else’s wishes. Instead of that, I want to pursue my hobby. How can I start working towards it without hurting others?
Acharya Prashant: The world is full of people who pursued what they call their interest, or their hobby—or their love even—and kept feeling as frustrated as you probably do.
See, the influences that others have upon us, we resist them. So, as you are saying, your parents have a certain influence upon you. You want to resist it, you don’t feel comfortable. There is a constant feeling that, “I am doing something under somebody’s influence or pressure.”
So, we turn to the mind and then we ask the mind, “What do you want?” and it comes up with an answer which we call as our interest. You say, “I want to pursue my interest.”
