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How to withdraw from the little people? || Acharya Prashant, on 'Listen, Little Man!' (2019)
Acharya Prashant
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Withdrawal
Bhagavad Gita
Shri Krishna
Upeksha
Uparati
Yogi
Inner Shrine
Spiritual Scriptures
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that withdrawal is a dual process that requires both the recognition of something as worthless and the presence of something valuable to return to. He references Shri Krishna's metaphor of the turtle in the Bhagavad Gita to illustrate how a yogi withdraws from the world. Without a sacred or essential purpose to attend to, withdrawal remains weak, ineffective, and prone to failure. One cannot truly leave behind nonsense unless there is a meaningful destination or higher beauty waiting for them.