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होश बहुत हुआ, तुम्हें थोड़ी बेहोशी चाहिए || आचार्य प्रशांत, संत कबीर पर (2024)
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Truth
Liberation
Doubt
Kabir Saheb
Consciousness
Self-Belief
Bhagavad Gita
Intoxication
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Acharya Prashant explains that spirituality, the proclamation of liberation, is identified by a certain kind of madness. It means having rejected bowing down, being suppressed, and being bound from within. There is no longer any fear of society. It is a state of being in the body but not being the body, being in society but not being social, and being in captivity but not being a captive. This is a madness that is not dependent on the world in any way. It does not think about honor, dishonor, praise, or criticism. It is a state that no longer takes orders from the world. It is not a hidden, ashamed, or embarrassed dance, but one that is unveiled and fearless. Acharya Prashant states that the more faith one has in oneself, one's thoughts, beliefs, plans, desires, and insistence, the more impossible truth and liberation become. Truth is for those who first begin to doubt themselves. Those who feel they understand life well and will run it their own way are not meant for the truth. Doubt does not mean you have reached the final point, but it is an auspicious beginning to be ready to investigate and examine. Most people have complete faith in themselves and have built an entire system of beliefs around them, investing heavily in them economically, physically, mentally, and emotionally. When they get a hint that the buildings they have erected have hollow foundations, they have neither the energy nor the courage to say they will build a new one or live under the open sky. They would rather not live in a building with a hollow foundation. He quotes Kabir Saheb: "The attention became an intoxicated wine-seller, drinking the wine without measure." He explains that 'Surati' means to give the ego the right company. A person who wants the truth will go to a place where their consciousness is shattered. This is what it means to lose one's senses—to realize that one's senses were false. This realization brings a naturalness that becomes music in words and dance in action. This is the talk of knowledge. He contrasts this with the worldly person who prefers the company of those who maintain their delusions. The speaker also quotes from the Bhagavad Gita, where Shri Krishna tells Arjun that just as the ignorant act with great intensity out of attachment, the wise should act with the same intensity for the welfare of the world, but without attachment. Acharya Prashant further explains that the fight is never between truth and falsehood, because where there is truth, falsehood cannot stand. The fight is always between those who believe in truth and those who believe in falsehood. The followers of falsehood always win because it is their choice. The speaker advises to first abandon one's own honor and shame. He says that the words of civilization—honor, respectability, shame, modesty—are what will never let you live a free life. The biggest selfishness is to be dependent on the world for your psychological existence. He concludes by defining consciousness as knowing the truth, and unconsciousness as being completely cut off from reality while having full faith that whatever one feels is right.