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I Do: The Stupidity of Doing. || Acharya Prashant, on Bhagavad Gita (2025)
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Ego
Nature
Soul
Non-actor
Delusion
Peace
Self-preservation
Bondage
Description

Acharya Prashant clarifies that the soul is never the actor; it is the absolute non-actor. All actions originate from either the ego or nature. The fundamental delusion lies in the ego claiming ownership of actions that are actually performed by nature. When the ego drops this false ownership and accepts its status as a non-actor, it is said to be established in the self. He emphasizes that terms like 'soul realization' or 'God realization' are misleading because the truth is not an object to be caught or found in a particular place. Instead, spiritual practice involves seeing, sensing, and dropping the stupidity of the ego.