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न समर्थन, न विरोध || आचार्य प्रशांत, संत कबीर पर (2014)
आचार्य प्रशांत
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Kabir Saheb
Nature
Ego
Renunciation
Suffering
Spirituality
Zen
Meditation
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that a true seeker, as described by Kabir Saheb, does not interfere with the natural flow of the world. He references a Zen teaching that suggests being hot when it is hot and cold when it is cold, rather than seeking an escape. The world is governed by natural laws and is merely a shadow of the truth; therefore, trying to manipulate or renounce it is futile. Renunciation often makes the object of sacrifice more important in the mind, leading to suppression rather than liberation. True wisdom lies in not giving the world enough importance to even bother renouncing it. He clarifies that suffering arises from the desire to change the constant flow of nature or to find permanence in what is inherently transient. People often try to make relationships or physical existence permanent, which is a fundamental error and a source of misery. Acharya Prashant emphasizes that spirituality is not about resisting nature through rigid morality or artificial religious rules. Instead, it is about total non-resistance to the truth and a complete opposition to the false ego. A spiritual person experiences joy and sorrow fully without being enslaved by them, as they recognize that neither is their true nature. Finally, he highlights that the ego is the only entity that stands apart from the harmony of the Creator and nature. While humanity has often destroyed both temples and the environment to serve the ego, a truly spiritual person finds the divine within nature itself. When one stops interfering with the 'leaves and flowers' of existence and accepts things as they are, they move from the madness of manipulation to the stillness of meditation. Spirituality is the realization that the entire natural world is a reflection of the divine, and only the ego creates the illusion of separation.