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If you are in Love, then why are you asleep? || Acharya Prashant, on Guru Kabir (2018)
Acharya Prashant
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6 years ago
Kabir Saheb
Awakening
Devotion
Truth
Sadhana
Consciousness
Metaphor
Worldly Life
Description

Acharya Prashant explains Kabir Saheb's teachings on the deep connection between love and awakening. He emphasizes that being in love with the Truth necessitates staying awake and alert. Sleep is used as a metaphor for distancing oneself from the beloved or the Truth. He questions why a seeker would deliberately create comfortable conditions, such as smoothing beds and arranging pillows, which only induce deeper unconsciousness. True devotion requires creating conditions that foster alertness rather than comfort.