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क्यों नहीं मिलता दुखों से छुटकारा? समस्या को गहराई से समझें ||आचार्य प्रशांत,शून्यता सप्तति पर(2023)
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Suffering
Compulsion
Self-awareness
Bhagavad Gita
Spirituality
Liberation
Kabir Saheb
Meaningful Work
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Acharya Prashant addresses a questioner who finds it difficult to remember his teachings. He explains that one should not listen to him just to please him, but only if there is a genuine need. His words are only useful for those who are aware of their pain, suffering, helplessness, weakness, and fear. The core problem is that people are often unaware that they even have a problem. When a problem is real, it screams through one's eyes. He compares doing a small, unfitting job to wearing undersized undergarments. Acharya Prashant acknowledges and respects that people have compulsions, as he himself has faced them. However, he points out that there is something that is always greater than any compulsion. He states that those who come to listen to him as if they are tourists or just listening to an interesting speaker will gain nothing. He uses a colloquial phrase to emphasize that such people will get absolutely nothing from his talks. He explains that one doesn't look at a doctor's prescription if one believes oneself to be healthy. Similarly, if you feel everything is fine in your life, you will not pay attention to the prescription for your inner ailment. The teachings are not a sermon but a diagnosis. The focus should be on one's own life to see what is happening there. He emphasizes that his words are useful only after one has recognized their own illness. One who is unaware of their ailment will not pay attention to the physician's words. More useful than his words is one's own life, which every being cares about the most. He urges the listener to examine their own life and see what is happening there. When one sees that something is amiss, then they will listen to the Gita. He says that the greatest enemy of real joy is fake fun. Spirituality is about joy, but one cannot reach it if they are content with the superficial pleasures found in trivial places. The problem is not that one is dishonest with their work, but why they have chosen that work in the first place. The punishment for doing a small job is that you will never find peace in it. You are immense, and a small job is like small clothes; it is an inner matter. He concludes by stating that one must have the courage and strength to face their compulsions, as the soul and its power are greater than any compulsion. He says that all of life's problems—dishonesty in work, in relationships, and all kinds of shallowness—arise from not acknowledging this inner strength.