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Facts and Truth || Acharya Prashant (2015)
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Facts and Truth
Space and Time
Body-identification
The 'I'
Mind
Physical Laws
Imagination
Description

In response to a question about the nature of facts and physical laws like gravity, Acharya Prashant explains that for the individual, these laws can never change. He uses the analogy of an ocean, where the surface waves represent the fickle movement of thoughts and imaginations, while the silent depths and the rocky base represent deeper, more stable realities. He equates space and time with this unchangeable "rocky base" upon which the entire ocean of thought rests. As long as "you" exist as a body-identified entity or a "body-holder," space and time will be your reality, and consequently, the laws of gravity will remain constant. Facts, he clarifies, correspond to physical happenings within space and time. These facts can only change when one's deepest latent tendency, the sense of "I" or "me," undergoes a transformation. This "I" is described as the final frontier. Acharya Prashant states that it is possible to go beyond gravity, but not as "yourself." One cannot defy gravity while carrying the body; any claims of doing so are fantasies. This is because the body and gravity are not separate entities; gravity is the very substance of the body. To suggest the body can exist without gravity is a contradiction. The body is a fact that is intrinsically linked to other physical facts like sunlight, air, and atmospheric pressure. He illustrates this by explaining that the body's existence depends on a specific atmospheric pressure that counterbalances its internal blood pressure. As long as the body exists, these related facts must also exist. He concludes by stating that the mind, the body, and the thinker are all expressions of space and time. The root language of the mind is space and time, and therefore, the mind holds no secrets. It should be kept clean, empty, and simple.