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Have you saved enough for the return fare? || Acharya Prashant, on Saint Lalleshwari (2019)
Scriptures and Saints
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Lal Ded
Sadhana
Consciousness
Ego
Maya
Spiritual Account
Unconsciousness
Salvation
Description

Acharya Prashant interprets the mystical poetry of Lal Ded, focusing on the metaphor of the 'highway' as the path of unconscious birth and death. He explains that most people live and die through the route of flesh and blood, remaining entirely unconscious of their existence. The 'highway' represents the common, mundane life used by millions, while the 'flyway' or 'ferry' represents a higher, conscious state of being. He emphasizes that returning by the same highway one came through is a spiritual failure; instead, one must strive to 'take off' or cross the ocean of existence.