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How am I supposed to feel after your session? || Acharya Prashant, with youth (2013)
Acharya Prashant
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12 years ago
Intelligence
Right and Wrong
Conditioning
Free Will
Social Conventions
Truth
Independence
Mind
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses the concern of how to determine if one is rightly understanding and implementing teachings. He notes that many people fear making mistakes when they reject external influences and attempt to live by their own intelligence. He explains that the concepts of right and wrong are typically learned from childhood and are often perceived as universal or external. However, these notions are actually time and place-dependent, varying across different societies, religions, and legal systems. They are man-made classifications created for convenience and are products of social conditioning rather than inherent truths of nature. He emphasizes that because conventional right and wrong are arbitrary and conditioned, they hold no sacred value. Instead, he defines a sacred form of rightness as that which emerges from an individual's own intelligence. He advises that one must remain steadfast in what they perceive through their own unbiased and unconditioned intelligence, even if it contradicts social conventions or prevailing norms. Living authentically requires sticking to the direct truth one discovers for oneself, rather than relying on borrowed beliefs or external validation.