Acharya Prashant responds to a questioner who, after finding a new vigor in life, is unsure what to do next. He explains that the answer depends on one's sensitivity. The more you know your inner environment and the outer world, the more you will understand what needs to be fixed. After this understanding, the question of 'what to do' no longer remains. He states that there is so much that is disorganized, chaotic, wounded, and afflicted, both inside and outside, that it needs treatment and solutions. To say that one cannot find a purpose in life means one is not seeing the hell that has been created. If you could see it, you wouldn't even have a moment to breathe. Acharya Prashant asserts that the current situation is such that if you ask for one purpose, you will get five. There is a mountain of work to be done, and our small life is too short to deal with it. He says that if you sleep for 15 extra minutes, you should feel guilty. How can you say, 'What should I do?' He recounts an anecdote about a friend who, upon seeing ugly buildings, expressed a desire not to improve them but to demolish them. Everything is so wrong, so how can you say there is nothing to do? The more you see and the more sensitive your eyes become, the harder it will be for you to breathe. How can you be at peace with the world? He asks, what is right in the world? He dismisses the idea of doing simple 'good work' like cleaning a Gurudwara as a cheap, impotent alternative to escape the risk of resistance. A good deed is the negation of a bad deed. To know what good work is, one must first list the bad things happening and stand against them. This is the good work. He clarifies that any good work will involve confrontation and entanglement because you have to stand against some brutal force, which can be external or internal. People who avoid confrontation are not meant for spirituality; they are social creatures who want to be happy and get along with everyone. He criticizes the idea of getting along with everyone, including rapists and murderers, stating that such a person is the most wicked. Spirituality requires one to fight, to get on the streets, and to clash with the status quo.
