Acharya Prashant addresses the questioner's hesitation to take a "leap of faith" in spirituality, which the questioner feels is impeded by his analytical nature. The speaker challenges the premise that the spiritual process requires a leap of faith, as this framing suggests it involves irrationality. He acknowledges the traditional view that spirituality is not for those who think too much and is a matter of the heart, but he proposes to turn this idea on its head. Acharya Prashant reframes the issue by asking if our fears and hesitations are rational in the first place. When we hesitate to do what is obviously right, are our fears rational? He posits that it is not spirituality that is irrational, but our fears against it. We seem to call spirituality irrational while considering our impeding thoughts as rational. The speaker suggests turning this question around and examining the rationality of our own fears. Using the example of someone hesitating to switch jobs despite clear evidence of its benefits, he argues that such a decision requires not a leap of faith, but simply being a logical, rational human being. The problem, he explains, is not a lack of faith but a lack of rationality. We often present our irrationality as a lack of faith, an inner trick to make our inaction more pardonable. It is easier to say, "I lack faith," than to admit, "I am deeply irrational." He asserts that one does not need a leap of faith into a blind abyss. Instead, what is needed is a careful observation of what stops us from pursuing a factually and materially right course of action. The issue is not that we think too much, but that we may not be thinking enough, or our analysis might be superficial. Most of our decision-making, he states, stems from a primitive, "jungle-like" state. To overcome this, one needs to be logical and reasonable, not necessarily mystical. Acharya Prashant clarifies that thinking, when transcended, leads to thoughtlessness. However, before reaching that state, most people first need the power to think clearly. To transcend the logical state, one must first be fully established in it, whereas most people exist in an illogical, primitive state. The problem is not thought itself, but unreasonable hesitation.
