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कौन सी इच्छाएँ पूरी करें? || आचार्य प्रशांत, युवाओं के संग (2012)
आचार्य प्रशांत
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Desire
Free Will
Intelligence
Satisfaction
Conditioning
Slavery
Self-understanding
Steve Jobs
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses the question of how to satisfy numerous desires by first questioning the origin of those desires. He explains that most of our desires are not truly our own but are implanted from the outside through external influences like advertisements, parental expectations, and societal pressure. He uses the example of a new mobile phone launch to illustrate how repeated exposure to advertisements creates a false sense of personal desire. When desires are externally imposed, one becomes a slave to stimuli, and a slave can never find true satisfaction because they lack free will. He emphasizes that most people do not possess free will and are merely following scripts written by others. To find satisfaction and live a fulfilled life, Acharya Prashant suggests that one must first understand and exercise their intelligence rather than relying on pre-planned scripts or external influences. He compares living by one's own free will to flying in the open sky, where there are no pre-made highways or fixed paths. He advises against trying to write a future script, as such plans are often influenced by past conditioning. Instead, one should live step-by-step, focusing entirely on the present action with full intelligence. He notes that while a pattern or 'script' might be visible when looking back at one's life, it cannot be determined for the future. Finally, Acharya Prashant provides a practical approach to achieving free will: start by identifying and clearing the 'clutter' of external influences currently dominating one's life. Just as a farmer must clear weeds before planting a new crop, an individual must recognize whose script they are currently living and remove those external masters. He explains that true free will emerges naturally once the life is cleared of these borrowed desires and influences. He encourages the listener to focus on what needs to be done in the present moment with complete understanding, rather than worrying about future satisfaction or pre-defined goals.