Acharya Prashant explains that a hallmark of right action is that it will require all your guts. It is only false action that one can comfortably undertake. Falseness is never troublesome, but truth always is. Whenever you are doing something real, you will know it by the discomfort it causes you. In response to a question about whether it is possible to act rightly with trembling hands, the speaker asserts that one can act rightly only with trembling hands. The heart, the truth inside you, acts rightly, but it acts through your body and mind. The mind, however, is habituated to falseness. Therefore, the project of truth is being undertaken through a false vehicle. The speaker uses an analogy: truth is like acid, and you are supplying it through a pipeline that is clogged with rubbish. The purpose is to supply the acid to the point of action, but in the process of transportation, the acid will cleanse the pipeline, which is the vehicle of supply. Whenever you do something worthwhile, it will be characterized by a shake-up or a tumult in your life. This is why so few people do anything truthful, as nobody wants discomfort or to feel unsettled, even if their current settlement is a false one. The speaker advises not to drop something just because it makes you uneasy, as unease is often a sign of the approach of truth. Conversely, if something is comfortable, chances are it is a false and harmful comfort. He assures that nobody has ever had it easy, whether a prophet, a saint, a soldier, or a scientist. Our constitution is such that it opposes truth. Therefore, to live by the truth, you must live against yourself. However, if you are determined to live against yourself, with time, you will find that your internal resistance to truth drops.
