Acharya Prashant addresses the concepts of good and bad days by using an analogy. He describes a man who likes to kill and eat dogs. For this man, a day he bites a dog is a 'good day,' and a day a dog bites him is a 'bad day.' The speaker points out that both these outcomes are part of a low-level game. Even on a 'good day,' the best the man achieves is biting a dog, and on a 'bad day,' the worst that happens is a dog bites him back. He questions if anything truly elevated has happened in either scenario. He extends this analogy to a pickpocket, for whom a 'good day' is successfully stealing, and a 'bad day' is getting caught and beaten. The speaker asserts that most people's lives are like this, defining their days as good or bad based on such trivial dualities. He explains that what people call a 'good day' or a 'bad day' are both, in fact, 'very bad days' because they are trapped within this game of duality. A true 'good day' is when one begins to rise above this game. The speaker connects this to the concept of Advaita (non-duality), stating that the idea of duality, such as good and bad days, is a falsehood. He explains that people's good and bad days are determined by the fulfillment of their blind desires. When these desires are met, they call it a 'good day,' and when they are not, it's a 'bad day.' The real issue, he emphasizes, is the blindness of the desire itself, not its fulfillment or non-fulfillment. One must first know what is worth doing or asking for. Addressing the questioner's dilemma about choosing one career path from multiple interests, Acharya Prashant questions the need to commit to a single path for a lifetime. He advises against being bound by one's education, stating that education should provide knowledge and strength, not become a form of bondage. He encourages the questioner to be a 'polymath' and live life in its totality, exploring various interests. The only commitment should be to Truth, and with everything else, one should 'flirt.' He concludes that if one's allegiance is to Truth, Truth itself will guide them on what to do at any given moment. One should not let the world's conventional standards dictate their life choices.
