Acharya Prashant explains that no one can ever provide an assurance or a certificate that the actions you are performing are undoubtedly correct. If you have taken a human birth, you will have to constantly sway in this uncertainty. The most you can do is to exhibit the maximum possible awareness from your side. Even after that, if you ask whether what you did was the absolutely correct decision or action, there is no proof for it. He uses the analogy of playing tennis: you hit the shot with all your might, which is the maximum you can do. If you ask if something better could have been done, the answer is that perhaps something better was possible. But you should do what you can, the highest and best possible for you, according to your situation, power, and capability. Never let the pride settle within that what you did was absolutely right, as something better could always have been done. Whatever anyone is saying, doing, or thinking, something better is always possible. However, this doesn't mean you should stop saying, doing, or thinking. You should do the maximum you can from your side and hold on to the maximum awareness you can have. Doors open from doors, peaks rise from peaks, and from one step, the next becomes clear. Keep moving forward. The desire for perfection is the ego's desire to attain the Truth and keep it in its pocket. When you ask if what you did was absolutely right, you are seeking the absolute. Whatever you do cannot be absolutely right, because whatever becomes absolutely right will be the final thing. This is the same desire that leads many hypocrites to declare they have attained enlightenment, believing their journey is over. As long as you are breathing, awareness must continue. Regarding the signs of a correct doer, Acharya Prashant states that we ask for signs so we can deceive. Once you know the signs of something, you are far from that thing. For example, if you know the sign of love is saying certain words, you might just say the words without needing love itself. The only thing that has no sign is Truth; it is 'Alakh' (unmarked) and 'Niranjan' (unstained). It cannot be targeted or captured. We form relationships based on qualities (gunas), which in spirituality are considered flaws (doshas). Since Truth is without qualities, it cannot be related to in the usual sense. We have tried to impose qualities on Truth by creating idols and stories, but we cannot capture it. The right doer knows that he has no standing, and neither his 'yes' nor his 'no' has any ultimate value. He is not under any illusion about himself. Regarding anger and peace, you cannot have both simultaneously. Anger will always bring disturbance. The most you can do is direct your natural tendencies, like anger, towards Truth. For instance, be angry at whatever puts you in bondage. The right use of your nature (Prakriti) is to dedicate all its manifestations—attachment, anger, etc.—to Truth. This is the path that gradually leads to freedom from nature itself.
