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खाली करो! डिलीट! || आचार्य प्रशांत, बातचीत (2020)
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Mind
Maya
Emptiness
Attachment
Memory
Discernment
Rumi Saheb
Description

Acharya Prashant uses an analogy of a camera's memory getting full to explain the state of the human mind. He recounts how someone was recording him, but the camera's memory filled up, capturing only half of what he said. He likens this to the human mind, or 'khopda', which also takes in only a part of his words before declaring itself 'full'. He argues that even if the mind has a large capacity, like a 128 GB memory card, it is often already filled with useless things, leaving no space for his words. The speaker elaborates that the human mind's potential is infinite; it can accommodate a great deal. Sages have said that even the Supreme, the Infinite, can descend into the mind, which means the mind's potential is also infinite. However, just as the Supreme is infinite, so is Maya (illusion or garbage). People have filled their minds with this infinite garbage. As a result, when he speaks, they listen for a short while, and then their minds become 'full'. The giver is giving, but the receiver cannot take it in because their space is occupied. He questions what people have filled their minds ('chitta') and their lives with, noting that they often have no time for meaningful things like reading good books or having deep conversations. When asked what they have done with their 40 years of life, they are ashamed because they know they have filled it with garbage. The solution is to delete this garbage, but people are attached to it. They cherish memories of trivial events, drunken conversations, and emotional attachments, which they are unwilling to let go of. The punishment for filling one's life with garbage is that when something truly deserving comes along, there is no space for it, and one has to say, 'We are full, there is no space for you.' Citing Rumi Saheb, Acharya Prashant emphasizes the need to 'empty, empty, empty' the mind and life. This is not to make life barren but to be discerning. To allow what is valuable to enter, the garbage must be cleared out. Otherwise, one will always remain 'full' and unable to receive anything new and meaningful.