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What is spiritual healing || Acharya Prashant (2016)
Acharya Prashant
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Dissolution
Peace
Knowledge
Spiritual Healing
Mind
Present Moment
Freedom
Curiosity
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that dissolution is the ultimate healing for the mind, as it involves returning to a state where there are no ideas. He notes that humans often create fantasies of heaven and attractive afterlives because they cannot tolerate the concept of dissolution. He emphasizes that peace is found in a free and light mind, and when one is truly at peace, questions about its source or the future do not arise. Seeking to know too much about the past or future of peace only distances one from it. He asserts that if one is not peaceful today, they are unlikely to be peaceful tomorrow, as the mind only wanders into the future when it gives up on the possibility of peace in the present. Addressing curiosity about the creator or the beginning of the universe, Acharya Prashant states that the beginning is always right now. He argues that the mind talks about a distant beginning only to escape the present moment. He suggests that wondering about living and non-living objects is a sign that something like love or freedom is missing. Just as a salt doll should focus on dissolving into the ocean rather than observing the beach, a seeker should focus on dissolution rather than intellectual curiosity. Knowledge may have daily utility, but it cannot lead to the ultimate or essential truth. Finally, Acharya Prashant clarifies that spiritual healing in daily life means forgetting the need for healing altogether. As long as an individual perceives themselves as sick or needy, they will remain perpetually in search of healing as an excuse to delay living freely. To be truly healed is to realize that one is not sick and requires no healing. He encourages the listener to stop looking for alibis and to live healthily and freely in the present moment rather than waiting for a future state of being healed.