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Don’t fall in such traps || Acharya Prashant
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Conditioning
Love
Sex
Empowerment
Marriage
Relationships
Patriarchy
Nescience (Avidyā)
Description

Acharya Prashant questions a form of empowerment that happily accepts dependence on someone else's money, both for a date and for a lifetime. He explains that people often operate not as individuals but as scripts, following pre-written societal roles. The possibility of love, he states, only opens up outside of this script. He addresses the experience of losing interest after sex, which leaves one feeling lonely and aloof, by explaining that what happened at the end was a seamless continuation of what was happening throughout the meeting. The end is the beginning, and the beginning is the middle; it's all part of the same script. The speaker suggests that if one starts from a place of loneliness, the relationship will end in a similar state. The speaker elaborates that sex is one of the strongest drives and energies in our lives, and therefore, it represents our values all the more. The person you choose to bare your body to is a person that best reflects what you value in life. He contrasts the fleeting nature of sexual pleasure, which leaves you with the need for a shower and a stained bedsheet, with spending a day with the right person, which can leave you with something that might last a lifetime. True love, he posits, always involves three elements: you, me, and the sky, representing a shared higher purpose. He critiques the act of using one's degree, pomp, or money to almost buy sex, which is using a human being's body to satiate lust. Acharya Prashant also discusses marriage as a long-term commitment, questioning what exactly one has seen in the other person that is worth committing to. He suggests that the saying "marriages are made in heaven" is often used so that we may not be ashamed of what we have done. He connects these ideas to the declining Female Labor Participation Rate (FLPR), where as households get richer, women, in a conditioned way, choose to stay at home. This decision is not made in a vacuum but is influenced by strong forces, often of patriarchy. He concludes that both men and women are deeply conditioned, acting as scripts run by a faceless force, which in wisdom literature is called nescience or Maya. The first step to liberation is to not be dependent on somebody, at least for your basic sustenance.