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The Secret to Quieting Anxiety
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4 years ago
Body-identification
Smartness
Purpose of Life
Feminism
Prakriti (Physical Nature)
Liberation
Desperation
Fulfillment
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses the question of why men are desperate by first exploring what women want, which is identified as safety and security, including money. He states that if a woman is truly a feminist, she should never be dependent on somebody's money. The true self, free of biology and social impositions, is what one must strive for, as it holds great and irresistible power, allowing life to blossom like never before. The speaker then compares a man who earns money through his natural, inborn flair for numbers to a woman who is rewarded for her physical attractiveness. He explains that this man is not very different from the woman, as both are ultimately "eating out of their physical bowl," which is the body. The woman's beauty is in her face, while the man's flair is due to his brain's biological configuration. Both physical beauty and natural intellect are things gifted by birth and are not dimensionally different from each other. The purpose of life is to earn something that the mother's womb has not given; otherwise, one has not truly been born or started living. Acharya Prashant clarifies that just as a "Barbie doll" is considered dumb, a man who works at an investment bank due to his natural flair should be considered equally dumb. This leads to the right definition of smartness, which lies in realizing that the more you eat out of the body, the more body-identified you remain. True smartness is not in having assets like money or charm, but in knowing the use to which they should be put. One must use everything given by birth, the body, and physical nature (prakriti) for the sake of higher goals. The purpose of life is to break out of the inner shell and the quiet, lingering inner desperation, and to be liberated.