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वो तो तुम्हें देख ही रहा है, तुम उसे कब देखोगे? || आचार्य प्रशांत, संत कबीर पर (2014)
आचार्य प्रशांत
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Kabir Saheb
Saint
Supreme Truth
Spiritual Realization
Sanatan
Perception
Consciousness
Existence
Description

Acharya Prashant explains the nature of a saint through the words of Kabir Saheb, highlighting how a saint perceives the ultimate truth in everything they observe. Using the metaphor of a humble beggar, he notes that just as a beggar looks at everyone while no one looks at him, the Supreme Truth looks after everyone while remaining unnoticed by them. He emphasizes that the ability to see is granted by the Truth, yet the eyes cannot see the Truth itself. Acharya Prashant contrasts a saint with an ordinary person; while a saint finds spiritual realization in mundane scenes like a railway station or a tea seller, an ordinary person remains entangled in personal memories and worldly thoughts. He suggests that if Kabir Saheb were on a train, he would have composed verses on the engine's movement, likening its noisy, burdened, and track-bound journey to the aimless life of a common man who carries a heavy load without knowing the true path. The core message is to seek a thought process that reveals the underlying truth in existence rather than seeking a thoughtless state. True vision involves seeing the eternal element within the physical world, such as seeing the essence of water in the Ganges rather than just the act of splashing.