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आसपास दमदार-समझदार महिलाएँ दिखाई नहीं देतीं? || आचार्य प्रशांत (2020)
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Choice
Company
Spirituality
Truth
Ego
Rani Lakshmibai
Marie Curie
Consciousness
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that you only see around you what you have gathered for yourself. He uses the analogy of a garden: if you go to a garden, you will find trees and flowers, not laptops or factories, because you chose to be there. Similarly, if you go to a fish market, you will see fish. What you see is a result of your choice. He emphasizes that while one may not choose their birthplace, as adults with consciousness and power, they have a choice. If you find yourself surrounded by dead, rotten fish, it is your choice. Therefore, if you do not see women of noble character like Rani Lakshmibai or Marie Curie around you, it is because you have chosen an environment where such greatness is absent. In such an environment, you are unlikely to find noble men either. The speaker elaborates that there is an element within every human that seeks the infinite and cannot remain small. To confine this element is to cause it suffering. The search for this infinite is spirituality. To find it, one must seek the company of those who discuss it, a concept he refers to as 'Zikr' (remembrance). He advises that to find a 'lioness,' one must leave the safety of their 'garden' and embrace the insecurity of the 'jungle.' In a safe garden, one might find a monkey or a butterfly, but not a lioness. This requires taking risks and being prepared for the disapproval of others. Acharya Prashant concludes by posing two critical questions. First, if you haven't found the right company, have you honestly shown the capability to deserve it? Second, and more importantly, when you did find the right company, did you value it or did you push it away? He states that it is a great misfortune to find a true companion and not recognize their value. The right company will not come bound by your conditions; you must accept its conditions. If you prioritize your own conditions, you are left with your ego.