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घर जला देने को क्यों कह रहे हैं? || आचार्य प्रशांत, संत कबीर साहब पर (2019)
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Kabir Saheb
Mental Prison
Liberation
Mind
Symbolism
Echo Chamber
Burning the house
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that whatever saints say, even if it is spoken on a gross level, it is a pointer, a symbol, meant to remind you of something subtle. When we say 'house', we mean the physical structure of bricks and stones. But when a saint says 'house', they mean the place where you live. For them, you do not live in a house of bricks and stones; you live in your mind. Even if ten people are in one room, their presence is in different places because they are in their minds. The 'house' that Kabir Saheb refers to is your mental world, your world of imagination, the sky of your mind. He says, 'Whoever is ready to be free from that, let them come with us.' We get scared because we take the words literally: 'Burn the house and come with us.' The house that needs to be burned is the one where the mind is imprisoned. It is the mind that needs liberation. The body can be caged by four walls, but the mind can still wander. Similarly, the body can be free, but the mind can be caged. Liberation is for the mind. The mind needs freedom from its own imaginary house, its dollhouse, its toy house. The mind is caged in this house, and that is why it is necessary to burn it. If you are happy in that cage, then don't burn it. But we are the ones who are troubled, who say the mind is distressed and sad. The mind is troubled because it is caged in its own glasshouse or toy house. This mental house is also called an 'echo chamber' or a 'mirror house,' where you only see what you want to see and hear what you want to say. This is why the mind is troubled. It says the world is bad, but what else is in the world besides your own echo, your own shadow? If you are troubled by the world, you are actually troubled by yourself. That is why saints say that the frame in which you are caged must be broken, because that frame is your pain and sorrow. 'Jo ghar jare aapna' (He who burns his own house) refers to the prison you have made for yourself. Why don't you come out of it?