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The joy of choosing a great suffering || Acharya Prashant, on Vedanta (2021)
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Vedanta
Upanishads
Consciousness
Identification
Suffering
Purpose
Truth
Freedom
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Acharya Prashant explains that the world's appeal depends on the size of the void within an individual. He compares the world to a marketplace where shops advertise names and forms, and individuals succumb to these advertisements when they have a significant internal void. He advises against allowing this void to grow and suggests living in a way that diminishes it. According to Vedanta, the world merely supplies what the individual demands; therefore, one should not blame the world for its distractions but rather focus on filling the internal void correctly. He emphasizes that humans are born with a need for identification and purpose, and if one does not choose a high and sublime identity, they will inevitably fall prey to wrong identities and petty purposes.