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Only Truth can cure your frustration || Acharya Prashant (2017)
Acharya Prashant
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Frustration
Desire
Peace
God
Truth
Contentment
Spirituality
Guru Nanak
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that frustration is a universal experience that most people fail to acknowledge, often renaming or glorifying it to avoid facing reality. He suggests that people create alternate worlds of responsibilities, routines, and business empires as a means of escaping their inner turmoil. He emphasizes that spirituality is the simple act of acknowledging the fakeness of these constructed worlds and the reality of one's own frustration. He asserts that inner turmoil is not a disease but a natural response to a lack of truth, and one should not join the social facade of pretending to be happy. He mentions that even saints like Guru Nanak experienced a form of holy frustration that others often misunderstood as madness. The speaker defines frustration as the disappointment of desire, noting that while small desires are harmless playthings, they become destructive when they act as proxies for the ultimate desire for peace or God. He observes that people often chase money, relationships, or luxury to fill an inner void, paying high prices for material goods to compensate for a lack of satisfaction. He explains that those who have found inner peace, like saints or fakirs, do not need to spend excessively because they are not trying to buy health or love through objects. He points out that jewelry and money are poor substitutes for love and peace, yet people accumulate them to fill a bottomless pit of dissatisfaction. Acharya Prashant concludes that the ultimate truth or God is not something to be achieved through any method or bridge, as it is already present within. He advises that once a person is composed and satisfied in their heart, they can participate in the world's small desires without being misled by them. He encourages the acceptance of frustration as a path to true peace, stating that the only thing that can truly relieve frustration is the Truth. He suggests that when one realizes the highest is already with them, the world becomes a place for play rather than a source of constant disappointment.