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समाज फँसाएगा || आचार्य प्रशांत
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Purpose of Life
Success
Living Death
Materialism
Desire
Society
Youth
Liberation
Description

Acharya Prashant describes a scenario where foolish boys become like kings on the day their results are announced. The very girls in the city who used to treat them like untouchables, not even wanting their shadow to fall on them, suddenly change their attitude. These girls themselves start showing the newspaper to their fathers, pointing out the boy's success. The father then visits the boy's house with a box of sweets, claiming they always knew he had great talent. The speaker then addresses the questioner's concern about not deviating from their path by questioning if they even know what path they are on. He asks if it is truly their own path. To illustrate his point, he uses the analogy of a servant who is forcibly sent to the market to buy goods. The servant will not shop with any enthusiasm or excitement. He will walk lazily, stop here and there, waste time, and a task that should take half an hour will be completed in four hours. This is how we prepare for competitive exams. What could be studied in half an hour, we study in four hours. We never ask why this happens. It is because there is no real goal of our own to do that thing. That is why whatever we sit down to do, we question why it is happening and what it is. Acharya Prashant states that if you look at India, the fate of 80-90 percent of people's lives is decided by the age of 25. It's a full stop. He urges the listener to consider the age of 25 as their last day and see how fast they are moving towards it. If not 25, then 30. He emphasizes that for a 23-year-old, there are only two years of life left. In these two years, one must either arrange for liberation or face death. He clarifies that he means a living death, which is worse than actual death. To understand what a living death is, he suggests going to a wedding ceremony where one can see many young people. By looking at their faces, their actions, and their clothes, one can understand what it means to die while living. He gives an example of an unmarried girl, Pinky, serving tea to her aunts, and the way they look at her and what they say, and how Pinky blushes. He challenges the listener to try and make Pinky engage in spirituality in front of her aunts, stating it's impossible because Pinky is gone. This is a death without a death certificate, though it is written all over their face and body for those who can see. He explains that people are yearning for this very wedding ceremony and music, which is what they get when they achieve what they call success. When the boy becomes successful, what happens? He gets the wedding. This is what they are troubled and yearning for. A wedding doesn't just mean a girl; it means money, a lot of it. It's an exhibition of money. A wedding only happens when the money is confirmed. The speaker asserts that this is what people want: possessions. He says that matter is not our nature, and if we run after it, we will suffer throughout our lives. The path people are on, they don't even know where it leads. In reality, they are not studying knowledge; they are studying desire. He mentions a place in Delhi, Jia Sarai, where many exam aspirants live. He says their only goal is the body, flesh, indulgence, luxury, and possessions. Just like a fly flutters for jaggery, even if the path to the jaggery warehouse passes through a temple, the fly will pass through it with a heavy heart, having no thirst for truth, knowledge, or spirituality. Its only destination is the jaggery warehouse, which contains everything: Pinky, aunts, music, income, prestige, and chicks. This is success. He concludes by asking what an ordinary person really wants, urging them to honestly examine their minds. It is not truth or a meaningful life, but a big LED TV, a big car, 15-20 houses, and money earned through crooked means.