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Real self-love (Is it about loving yourself?) || AP Neem Candies
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Suffering
Violence
Love
Liberation
Oneness
Enslavement
Compassion
Self-love
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that the attitude one has towards others is bound to be similar to the attitude one has towards oneself. If the suffering of others bothers you, you will become more sensitive to your own suffering, which is described as good news. A person who cannot see others enslaved will obviously not tolerate their own enslavement, which will inevitably lead to an uprising. This principle is connected to the concept of violence. If you can hurt others, such as human beings or animals, you will also tolerate being hurt yourself. The speaker elaborates that if you are alright with seeing animals slaughtered for food, you are bound to be alright with seeing yourself slaughtered as well. The attitude you have towards others' suffering is the same as the one you have towards your own. If you can inflict or tolerate violence on others, you will silently tolerate your own violation because, as the speaker states, "you and the images are actually one." This is why man is so resilient to suffering; we tolerate a lot of suffering because we inflict a lot of it. We are okay with seeing others suffer, which makes us okay with our own suffering. This tolerance extends to being mistreated by people, situations, and institutions. For instance, if you can tolerate an animal being slaughtered for your diet, you will equally tolerate being psychologically slaughtered for the sake of a profit-minded organization. Conversely, the great messengers and gurus work for others because they love themselves and therefore cannot tolerate the suffering of others. This is described as a seemingly selfish act. Being good to others ensures you will not allow anyone to be bad to you. If you allow others to be bad to you, it is firstly because you are bad to others. Love is presented as a rebellious and liberating force. If you genuinely love anything or anyone, that love becomes the vehicle for your liberation. If you cannot see the agony of others, you will not be able to see your own agony that comes from a lack of liberation. This love, however, must be true love, not the kind that exploits.