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Spare the woman's body || Acharya Prashant, with MMMUT (2023)
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Fertility
Reproduction
Motherhood
Consciousness
Women's Liberation
Technology
Body-centricity
Genetic Engineering
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses the issue of fertility clinics and IVF, stating that it is an abuse of the human body to treat it as a machine for reproduction. He argues that this should be the last purpose for which the human body is used, and the function of reproduction must move out of the female body. For women to attain the rightful purpose of life, they cannot squander their life energy on things like pregnancy. He explains that our body-centricity and the historical urge to increase population, driven by high mortality rates and wars, have led to the cultural veneration of fertility, motherhood, and pregnancy. The speaker questions the fairness of a woman in her prime dedicating her time to pregnancy, which he describes as a period no woman would enjoy without its cultural glorification. He emphasizes the physical and life-threatening risks involved, which he deems unnecessary. He suggests that emotional arguments about motherhood are products of conditioning. Instead, he proposes that science should take over the mechanical aspects of reproduction. Babies, he posits, can and must be conceived, incubated, and born in special, high-tech facilities. This would liberate women from the physical and mental toll of pregnancy and childbirth, allowing them to be in a better state to nurture the child. The true role of a mother, according to Acharya Prashant, is not to be a birth-giver but a teacher who elevates the child's consciousness. The relationship between mother and child should be one of consciousness, not merely of the body. He criticizes the current physical-centric approach to motherhood, which he believes results in a largely unconscious population that is destroying the planet. Addressing the potential for genetic engineering to create a gap between the rich and poor, he clarifies that while technology can modify physical attributes like height or health, these are just resources. The ultimate purpose of life is the elevation of consciousness, which is a matter of individual choice and cannot be engineered. Therefore, having a physically superior body does not guarantee a better life, as true fulfillment comes from conscious choices made after birth.