Acharya Prashant responds to a questioner who is in pain due to a family dispute, feeling that her relatives are at fault and her mother is not supporting her. He explains that only one thing is important: who will suffer? The answer is, "You." Therefore, if you are the one who suffers, the responsibility to change the situation is also yours. He advises against continuously blaming others. You can blame others legally or theoretically, but that will not reduce your suffering. He gives an example: if you are lying in a hospital bed, you can keep filing lawsuits against the other person, claiming it was their fault. But if you have lost both your legs for life, what will you gain by winning the lawsuit? No matter whose fault it is, you are the one who is suffering. This is a very practical matter, and spirituality is entirely practical; it is not the name of theoretical things. Acharya Prashant shares an anecdote from when he was learning to ride a scooter. His father gave him a principle: "Son, drive as if everyone else besides you is a little dim-sighted." This means your responsibility is not just to drive correctly, but also to save yourself even when others are driving incorrectly. Otherwise, you can keep blaming, but what will you get from it? Blaming only gives great satisfaction to one thing: the ego. The ego feels great pointing out others' faults. But what will you do by pointing fingers at others when you are the one who is hurt? The world does not run on justice. For example, this lake is shrinking, and we don't know whose fault it is, but it is shrinking. The world's climate is deteriorating, and the temperature is rising. It doesn't matter how much carbon you have emitted versus someone else; when the temperature rises, it rises for everyone. Where is the justice in that? So, don't talk about justice; understand the practical reality. Justice is a bookish concept; reality is a fact. If you see that your peace is about to be snatched away, it is your job to protect that peace, not someone else's. If someone else does it, be thankful. But do not expect someone else to come and give you peace or protect your interests. If someone helps you, consider it an unexpected help, a grace from the divine. Consider that help a bonus, not your right. Your right is only over your own efforts. Do the right thing. Others can do anything; how long will you blame them? Don't blame, but do give thanks. You will be happy. If others make a mistake, you can say they can make mistakes, what's the big deal? But if others help you, say that this is a completely new thing, someone has done you a favor, and thank them with an open heart. Our way is the opposite. We constantly expect that we are deserving and the whole world should help us. And when the world doesn't help, we feel hurt. When we feel the world is not running on justice, we say it's a great injustice. There is no injustice. In the time we have been talking, countless animals have been slaughtered because humans will eat them. What justice is there? Your right is only over your own actions. You do the right thing.
