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सत्य परलोक में नहीं || आचार्य प्रशान्त (2016)
आचार्य प्रशांत
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Existence
Spirituality
Science
Body
Truth
Superstition
Facts
India
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Acharya Prashant critiques the common human tendency to reject the present reality in favor of an imagined, distant 'true home' or spiritual realm. Using the analogy of two children who disliked their neighborhood because they believed their grandfather owned a magnificent mansion elsewhere, he explains that when we dislike existence, existence reflects that dislike back to us. This detachment leads to a lack of appreciation for the world and the people in it. He points out that many people are misled by self-proclaimed spiritual agents who promise to take them to a fatherly God in another world, causing them to neglect the divinity present in their immediate life and relationships. He emphasizes that the 'Father' and the 'Beloved' are not separate; the divine manifests through the world and through ourselves. He further argues that this obsession with the afterlife and the devaluation of the physical body has had severe consequences for India, leading to high rates of malnutrition, disease, and poor physical health. By treating the body as something shameful or secondary, people fail to care for it properly. Acharya Prashant advocates for a scientific temperament, noting that one cannot understand the ultimate truth without first understanding the world through facts and logic. He dismisses outdated concepts like the 'five elements' in favor of modern scientific understanding, asserting that honesty toward facts is the path to truth. He warns against performative spirituality and 'miracles' that rely on mutual deception, urging individuals to stop living in a fake world of superstitions and instead engage deeply and honestly with the present reality.