🧔🏻‍♂ Want to meet Acharya Prashant? Be a part of the Live Sessions: https://acharyaprashant.org/en/enquiry?cmId=m00026 📄 AP Framework A Comprehensive Account of the Philosophy of Acharya Prashant 🔥 🔗 Read here: https://acharyaprashant.org/en/ap-framework 📚 Want to read Acharya Prashant's Books? Get Free Delivery: https://acharyaprashant.org/en/books?cmId=m00026 📝 Read 3 handpicked wisdom articles, just for you: https://acharyaprashant.org/en/articles?cmId=m00026&l=1 ➖➖➖➖➖➖ #AcharyaPrashant #आचार्यप्रशांत #SelfReliance #FearOfFailure #InnerStrength #StartupLife #IndianYouth #PrayerVsFaith #BreakingFree #YouthOfIndia #Freedom #Liberation Video Information: 18.11.2025, Book Signing @Crossword Madras, Chennai Title : Every Time You Pray, You're Telling God You Don't Trust Yourself || Acharya Prashant, Chennai (2025) Context: - n this video, Acharya Ji explains that leaning on external powers like prayer during moments of fear and uncertainty is essentially an investment in one's own sense of weakness. A young startup founder shares how his mother's prayers give him temporary peace during difficult times, and the discussion unpacks why that momentary comfort, while understandable, can quietly deepen one's dependency and fragility over time. The core point brought forward is that inner strength already exists within a person and does not need to be built from scratch, it only needs to be recognised and trusted. Instead of imagining an invisible external force that will arrive to rescue in the worst moments, the more reliable and honest approach is to face fear directly, name what it can actually take away, and realise that even the worst case scenario is manageable. In the second interaction, a questioner seeks clarity on what it means to observe oneself, and the understanding offered is that the ego is a fictitious but functionally real sense of "I" that claims ownership over all thoughts, feelings and actions. Catching oneself in the act of being the ego is not a step-by-step process but a continuous, moment-to-moment quality of awareness, much like light that is simply always on, illuminating everything without being a separate activity in itself. ➖➖➖➖➖➖ 🎧 Listen to #AcharyaPrashant on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3f0KFwe... Music Credits: Milind Date ~ ~ ~ ~