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You are not missing the secret; you are missing the obvious || Acharya Prashant (2016)
Scriptures and Saints
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Facts
Intelligence
Truth
Upanishads
Spirituality
Attention
Common Sense
Seeing
Description

Acharya Prashant explains the fundamental difference between living in facts and living in thoughts. He points out that in everyday situations, such as visiting a shopping mall or watching a movie, people naturally display focused attention and direct engagement with facts. In a mall, one touches the clothes to know their quality, and in a cinema, eyes are glued to the screen. This behavior shows that when a person is genuinely interested, they do not remain distant or lost in thought; they connect directly with what is in front of them. However, he observes that this basic intelligence and common sense often disappear in spiritual settings. While people pay full attention to trivial entertainment, they become distracted or introspective when faced with the truth, looking at mountains or walls instead of the speaker. He asserts that the Divine or the Truth is not a complicated puzzle or a hidden secret; rather, it is the most obvious thing that people consistently miss due to their own mischief and lack of intent. He argues that spirituality is not an abstract or esoteric subject. Using the example of the Upanishads, he explains that they are said to come from an unknown source because they are so obvious that they require no effort to reach; they are simpler to know than the palm of one's hand. True understanding is not about analysis or thinking, but about simple, dedicated seeing of that which is already present. He concludes by questioning why humans find the 'easiest' path so difficult, suggesting that suffering continues only because people subconsciously desire it and choose to drift through life according to man-made schedules rather than waking up to the obvious facts of the present moment.