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इतने अच्छे हैं हम कि बस दूसरों को बदलना चाहते हैं || आचार्य प्रशांत (2019)
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Ego
Self-knowledge
Self-improvement
Relationships
Love
Responsibility
Hatred
Change
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses a question about why, despite one's good intentions, the other person responds with hatred. The speaker begins by deconstructing the questioner's premise, which is the desire to understand and change the other person's mind. He points out that the questioner wants to bring about a change in the other person, believing that he himself is doing good while the other person is the one who is hateful. The speaker highlights that this very desire to change the other person is the problem. The underlying feeling is that the other person is flawed, broken, and needs to be fixed. This contradicts the claim of loving the other person and wanting their well-being. The speaker emphasizes that the questioner has not once considered examining his own self, his own motives, or his own need for change. The entire focus is on the other person. He explains that the self-image of being a 'good man' who wants to do good to others is a form of ego. From this perspective, the other person is seen as incapable of helping themselves and ungrateful for the help offered. Acharya Prashant suggests that perhaps the other person's hatred is a reaction to this very attitude and the 'experiments' the questioner wants to conduct on them. He advises that instead of being so concerned with the other, one should first examine one's own mind, clean it up, and bring about change within oneself. If one does this, the other person might hate them less. He uses the analogy of a lit lamp, which doesn't complain that the darkness is not accepting it; if the lamp is truly lit, the darkness naturally recedes. He criticizes the misuse of the saying 'light one lamp from another,' clarifying that ancient gurus meant a lit lamp should light another, not an extinguished one trying to light another extinguished one. Caring for others is a great responsibility that requires honesty and eligibility. Just as one needs a license to be a doctor and prescribe medicine, one needs the eligibility to truly help another. The speaker warns that the greatest violence is often committed in the name of help, love, and service. He concludes by stating that the most bizarre situation is when someone's problem is that they want to change someone else, but that person is not changing. This is a state of injustice, ego, and exploitation.