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How to break mental patterns? || Acharya Prashant (2016)
Acharya Prashant
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7 years ago
Truth
Freedom
Identification
Resistance
Maya
Patterns
Transcendence
Mind
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that the dislike and resistance one feels toward mental patterns indicate a lack of understanding. He asserts that to truly know a pattern is to see it as it is, which is the truth, and truth itself is freedom. When one understands the nature of a pattern, it ceases to be a source of conflict and instead becomes a harmless plaything. He uses the analogy of a magnet and nails to illustrate that one only trembles at the pull of a pattern if they are carrying the 'nails' of identification. By letting go of these identifications, one can either ignore the pattern or walk into it boldly without being enslaved by it. He further emphasizes that resistance indicates identification with the tormentor or the problem. Using the example of a grandfather playing horse for his grandson, he explains that there is no humiliation when one exists in a different dimension than the source of the demand. Resistance and violence toward concepts like Maya only occur when one is at the same level as the problem. Once a person transcends that level, they no longer need to conquer or destroy the problem; they simply leave it behind. The goal is not to fight or solve problems within the same mental plane, but to move to a dimension where they no longer matter.