You want it, but you will not get it this way || 'Karma' conversations, Acharya Prashant (2021)
Questioner (Q): When I read the book, there is optimism in it but there is some pessimism in the title of some of the chapters. When you see the people around you, your disciples, you see the larger world, as human beings are we more conscious of our karmas then we ever were?
Acharya Prashant (AP): You mean in the context of the pandemic?
Q: Yes, yes. In the last eighteen months, I think we have realised the fragility of human life; the fact that our lives are interconnected. We realise the fact ‘less is more’, we realise the fact ‘Never say Never’. We realise the fact that these ego’s don’t mean much; you know, you can go away in a matter of seconds. So, are we more conscious of our karma as individuals today, as society today?
AP: You see, what happens is that if one is not coming from the right center, then anything that happens to him or her is prone to be interpreted in a false kind of way. For example, even if I do have a realization that a human birth is quite ephemeral and anything can happen anytime—third wave might strike and such things—I might translate it to mean that I should increase my consumption, I should go on a consumption spree because all that I have left to consume is a few days; so why not make the most of them.
Q: You also have a chapter in the book called ‘How to decide how much to consume’.
