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When will you choose the Truth? || Acharya Prashant (2021)
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Truth
The Seeker
Receptivity
Honesty
The False
Liberation
Merit
Self-knowledge
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that the correct way to approach the Truth is to do the right thing without worrying about the outcome. He clarifies that the Truth is not a whimsical chooser but selects purely based on merit. This merit, however, is something that you decide. Therefore, the choice is not really made by the Truth, but by you. The Truth is not partial, biased, or choiceless; it is universal and will not hold anything back. If you are deserving, you will receive it. The speaker emphasizes that Grace is unconditional, but one's receptivity is not. The work is not to increase Grace but to enhance one's own receptivity. When your receptivity increases, what you receive increases on its own. To become more deserving of the Truth, one must become less fond of the false. The Truth is a given, but you are not ready for it because you are too involved with the false. The real challenge lies in working on the false. One must identify what is false in life and, with honesty, drop it. If you cannot drop what you have identified as false, it is either because you have not seen it clearly or you are determined to remain dishonest. Realization leaves no space for dishonesty. The speaker notes that the error in seeking is focusing on the sought (Truth) without examining the seeker (oneself). The focus must be on purifying the seeker, for when the seeker is purified, the seeker and the sought are found to be indistinct. The dirtier the seeker is, the farther the sought appears, creating a vicious cycle. The more deluded you are, the less you feel like looking at yourself. The purpose of life is not merely to work or slog for worldly attainments but to be liberated. All work and action should be directed towards liberation, which is the prime purpose. Work means action towards liberation, and it is not a part-time activity but the central occupation of life.