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

Acharya Prashant addresses the concern of how one can know if they are correctly understanding and implementing teachings, or if they are making the right decisions in life. He explains that the concepts of right and wrong are largely man-made, arbitrary classifications that vary across different cultures, religions, and time periods. These external standards are products of social conditioning and have no inherent sacredness or universal validity. He points out that people often fear making their own decisions because they have been conditioned since childhood to rely on external validation to determine what is right. Acharya Prashant emphasizes that the only true rightness comes from one's own intelligence. He defines this intelligence as being unbiased, unconditioned, and rooted in direct truth rather than borrowed beliefs or external influences. He encourages the listener to trust what arises from their own clarity and to remain steadfast in that understanding, even if it contradicts social conventions or prevailing norms. According to him, living according to one's own intelligence, without being a coward or depending on others for validation, is the only authentic way to live.