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If you are in Love, then why are you asleep? || Acharya Prashant, on Guru Kabir (2018)
Scriptures and Saints
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Kabir Saheb
Awakening
Devotion
Sadhana
Truth
Sleep
Spiritual Discipline
Detachment
Description

Acharya Prashant interprets a poem by Kabir Saheb to explain the deep connection between love and spiritual awakening. He emphasizes that being in love with the Truth necessitates staying awake and alert. Sleep is used as a metaphor for distancing oneself from the beloved or the Truth. He questions why a seeker would deliberately create comfortable conditions, such as smoothing beds and arranging pillows, which only induce deeper unconsciousness and spiritual slumber. True devotion requires creating conditions that foster alertness rather than ease.