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Sex, love and meditation || Acharya Prashant (2016)
Acharya Prashant
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Mind
Sex
Love
Meditation
Realization
Thought
Ego
Self-preservation
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that the mind's tendency to form views and opinions on subjects like sex, love, and meditation is a manifestation of insecurity and a desire for control. He argues that the body functions naturally—breathing, digesting, and procreating—without the need for mental intervention. When the mind interferes with these natural processes, it leads to overthinking, anxiety, and a loss of spontaneity. For instance, he notes that while physical intimacy may last only minutes, the mind can spend days obsessing over it, effectively turning a natural act into a mental burden or a form of 'mental masturbation.' Regarding love, Acharya Prashant asserts that it is not a product of thought. Thought is inherently insecure and focused on self-preservation and the ego, whereas love is carefree and challenges the very validity of the 'I' feeling. Therefore, the more one thinks about love, the more one blocks the actual experience of it. He suggests that intellectualizing love only makes the mind heavier and more incapable of genuine connection. Similarly, he describes meditation not as a method or a road to a distant destination called 'realization,' but as realization itself. He critiques the idea of seeking a 'beyond' or 'perpetual peace,' stating that the demand for perpetuity is itself a sign of peacelessness. Finally, the speaker discusses how modern civilization and intellect have led to the rise of pornography and obsessive behaviors, such as over-analyzing one's breath or gait. He uses the analogy of a kitten that knows how to walk and hunt instinctively without books or workshops. He argues that human 'wrongness' is often a product of trying to follow models, templates, and images of improvement. True realization, he concludes, is as simple and immediate as sipping a cup of tea. It requires dropping all mental structures and images, allowing life to happen naturally without the constant obsession of the thinking mind.