What surrounds you is 99.99% trash. And if, by glorious chance, there is 0.01% greatness, brilliance, selfless compassion, you will never accept it because you are used to the usual 99.99%. You will think even this one is of the same type. You need to be very careful about this because it’s a double trap. One, you are surrounded by idiots. Two, when you meet the one exception, you are so conditioned to idiots that you take even the exception as an idiot.
This summary is AI-generated. Please read the full article for complete understanding.
Questioner: So, sir, I want to ask you a question about a pattern I've noticed in the field of art, all forms of art. I was reading more about famous poets, writers, or artists from the olden days, and one thing that I noticed in all their lives was that all of them got the appreciation they deserved only after they were gone.
For example, we can take Franz Kafka, Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, or Vincent van Gogh, all of them died thinking that they were terrible human beings.
Acharya Prashant: Nietzsche.
Questioner: Yeah. All of them did not get the recognition they deserved during their time, but after they were dead, they were glorified. Not only did they get the attention, but they are now seen as the greatest of all time. Isn't it unfair for them? And why is it that in this world, after people are gone, they are glorified?
