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सच पर चलने का फ़ायदा क्या? || आचार्य प्रशांत, संत रहीम पर (2018)
आचार्य प्रशांत
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Truth
Falsehood
Rahim
Facts
Illusion
Consciousness
Memory
World
Description

Acharya Prashant interprets a couplet by Rahim, explaining that a truthful person does not lose the world but rather loses the false world. He clarifies that truth does not demand the abandonment of the world, but the abandonment of lies and illusions. When the world is seen without these distortions, it becomes like heaven. He uses the analogy of someone addicted to contaminated water who mistakes it for the only possible form of water; when the contamination is removed, they feel as though water itself has been taken away. Similarly, society often fears spirituality, believing it leads to world-abandonment, whereas it actually leads to the abandonment of a false, projected reality. He explains that humans rarely see the world as it is, instead viewing it through the lens of personal projections, labels, and memories. We categorize people and objects based on 'mine' and 'not mine,' or through past associations, rather than seeing the objective facts. This reliance on memory over consciousness creates a 'false world' that inevitably leads to suffering and shocks when reality contradicts our fantasies. He compares this to a spider getting trapped in its own web or drunkards imagining figures in an empty sky. To live in truth is to stop projecting and to start observing facts without interference. Regarding the path of truth, Acharya Prashant advises following the small truths one currently understands with courage and integrity, while remaining humble enough to realize that these are not the ultimate truth. The tragedy of human life is not the lack of absolute knowledge, but the failure to act upon the limited truths already known. He emphasizes that those who truly love the ultimate Truth are those who insist on living by facts. Conversely, those who ignore facts on earth have no real connection to the ultimate truth.