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Nothing anyway matters. So why should I not commit suicide? || Acharya Prashant (2023)
Breaking Free
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Truth
Ego
Suicide
Jivanmukt
Ignorance
Love
Desire
Liberation
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that if someone refuses to fight the bigger battle, it is because they do not truly know it. Once the immense or the great is known, it overpowers the individual through love, leaving them with no choice but to move toward it. Rejection of truth is actually a sign of ignorance, as the ego fears the truth and wears blinders to avoid seeing it. The ego finds pleasure in claiming it knows the truth yet has the power to reject it, but in reality, truth cannot be unseen once it is truly encountered. He describes suicide as an act of the ego, where one is prepared to let the body die rather than let go of identification with the body. Instead of stopping the ego's interference, suicide doubles it by attacking the body itself. Acharya Prashant emphasizes the concept of dying before death, which is the death of the ego while the body remains. This great death leads to the state of a jivanmukt, one who is liberated while alive. Choosing suicide closes the possibility of experiencing the immense joy and bliss that come from this state, which makes all of life's torments worth enduring. The speaker notes that human suffering stems from notions and expectations rather than life itself. Animals do not commit suicide because they live without such mental constructs. In the pursuit of worldly desires, people often incur a cost of pain that far outweighs the small rewards they receive, leading to a sense of bankruptcy. However, the path toward the immense, though it requires a higher investment of self-surrender, delivers rewards far beyond what is promised. He concludes that living just to end one's life is as absurd as starting a company just to declare bankruptcy.