Acharya Prashant explains the distinction between 'Anjan' (the worldly, the tainted, or the ego-projection) and 'Niranjan' (the untainted, the absolute Truth). He critiques how people often project their own worldly desires, attachments, and limitations onto divine figures like Shri Brahma, Shri Shankar, and Shri Indra. By turning these deities into mere extensions of their own ego and 'Anjan', individuals fail to break free from their conditioning. He emphasizes that when we give the divine a sweet, worldly image that we are attached to, we become incapable of transcending that image to reach the formless Truth. The speaker notes that for most, life is merely an expansion of this 'Anjan', where one grows in physical size but remains psychologically stuck in a womb-like state of dependency and lack of responsibility. Acharya Prashant further discusses how human tendencies like greed, violence, and the desire for free resources are rooted in this 'womb-consciousness'. He points out that religious stories often become corrupted when they reflect human greed for gold, beautiful partners, or bloodthirsty violence, rather than pointing toward liberation. He cites Kabir Saheb to explain that the true 'Ram' is 'Niranjan'—distinct and beyond the four worldly types of Ram. He warns that associating Shri Krishna primarily with stories of the 'Gopis' rather than the wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita is an expansion of 'Anjan'. True spirituality, according to the speaker, requires moving away from these ego-projections and stories to realize the 'Niranjan' that is beyond all qualities, castes, and worldly relations.
