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Discovering Meaning in Life's Journey || Acharya Prashant (2023)
Bharat
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Education of the Self
Identity
Suffering
Liberation
Insanity
Human Nature
Psychology
Internal Catastrophe
Description

Acharya Prashant observes that modern education focuses on sciences, humanities, and languages while neglecting the education of the self and the question of identity. He argues that even disciplines like neuroscience and psychology fail to address the fundamental human condition of suffering and the necessity of liberation. This neglect leads to an internal catastrophe that remains largely invisible at the material level, allowing for a dangerous complacency. He warns that as internal insanity and chaos become universal, they are increasingly accepted as the norm, making it difficult to acknowledge or treat the underlying disease. When madness becomes commonplace, it is mislabeled as human nature, and those who attempt to point out this disorder are often marginalized. He concludes that humans have a tragic capacity to adapt to and survive within horrible internal madness, justifying violence, greed, and exploitation as natural behaviors rather than recognizing them as symptoms of a deep-seated psychological disease.