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Pour all that you have into a worthy cause || Acharya Prashant (2018)
Bharat
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Devotion
Surrender
Bhakti
Restlessness
Energy
Spirituality
Service
Time Management
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses the issue of unrest and the difficulty of surrendering it. He explains that unrest is essentially unused energy that turns against an individual when they have spare time and space. Instead of merely trying to let go or drop this unrest, which can be a self-centered and impractical act, he suggests the path of devotion. Devotion is defined as giving up command over one's time, energy, and resources to something sublime and far bigger than oneself. He compares this to donating valuable medicine to a hospital rather than throwing it away; when one knows their energy is going to a deserving place, internal resistance vanishes. He critiques the modern spiritual trend of 'letting go' as being potentially selfish and petty, noting that India’s tradition of Bhakti or devotion is more effective. True spirituality is not about having a lazy body and a hyperactive mind; rather, it involves a body eager to serve and an intellect applied to a noble cause. Acharya Prashant emphasizes that restlessness requires spare time and energy to exist. Therefore, the solution to suffering and unrest is to become extremely busy with a great mission or a worthwhile cause. By devoting every bit of oneself to a higher purpose, there is no energy left for restlessness to take root.