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Get rid of whatever is sick about you || Acharya Prashant, on Jesus Christ (2016)
Acharya Prashant
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9 years ago
Matthew 5:29
Spirituality
Suffering
Wholeness
Consciousness
Ego
Truth
Rejection
Description

Acharya Prashant interprets the biblical verse from Matthew 5:29, where Shri Jesus advises plucking out a sinning eye, as a profound spiritual metaphor for total rejection of the inessential. He explains that the 'part' refers to anything that occupies the mind, creates thought, or causes suffering. In this context, whatever makes a person think is a 'rotten part' or a disease. While health is invisible and does not demand attention, a diseased part makes itself visible to consciousness through suffering and constant thought. He argues that humans often mistake this mental preoccupation for importance or love, whereas it is actually a burden that compromises essential lightness. He further elaborates that spirituality is not about self-improvement, healing, or personality development, but about the total dropping of the limited self. He contrasts the worldly approach of 'healing' with the spiritual necessity of 'annihilation,' comparing Shri Jesus to Shri Shiva, the destroyer. Acharya Prashant points out that the 'whole' or peace can only be realized when the 'parts'—the various fragmented identities we carry in different social roles—are discarded. He emphasizes that anything partial, sensory, or material is inherently limited and can never satisfy the inner thirst for wholeness. Finally, the speaker highlights the radical and uncompromising nature of Shri Jesus's teachings, which often lead to social rejection. He notes that while people seek teachers who offer consolation, acceptance, and social security, a true teacher like Shri Jesus offers stark reality and demands the rejection of one's entire limited life. He observes that the human mind remains unchanged over millennia, still preferring comfortable lies and 'thieves' over the uncomfortable, transformative truth that requires the sacrifice of the ego and its attachments.