Acharya Prashant explains that true excellence and creativity, such as writing poetry or scriptures like the Gita and Puranas, occur only when one lets go of the self and allows something higher to descend. He emphasizes that when an individual tries to control the process, the result is often mediocre or distorted. He shares his personal practice of not reading his own books or watching his own videos, stating that it would be disrespectful to treat something that flowed through him as his own personal possession. He describes himself as a surrogate mother, carrying and delivering words that do not belong to him, which often leaves him physically exhausted but spiritually detached from the output. He further discusses the concept of spontaneity, clarifying that it is not the absence of knowledge or memory, but rather not being a slave to them. He warns against the trap of intellectualizing spirituality through books, noting that words alone cannot provide peace. He compares reading ancient scriptures without a personal connection to the divine as a form of voyeurism. Using the example of Shri Krishna and Arjun, he explains that their dialogue was born out of an intimate, loving relationship. Unless a seeker has a similar bond or occupies a similar state of being, merely reading the text as a historical or intellectual exercise is futile and lacks the life-giving essence of the original moment.
