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Wise ones are unsure, the fools are confidently sure || Acharya Prashant (2020)
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Sureness
Clarity
Confusion
Truth
Bhagavad Gita
Patience
Duryodhan
Falsehood
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that the reason one feels unsure is precisely because one loves sureness. The unease and frustration that arise from a lack of sureness are proof of this love. If one were comfortable with confusion, chaos, and conflict, one would not seek clarity. This inherent unease with confusion is the irrefutable proof that humans are born lovers of sureness and clarity. The very nature of the mind is clarity, which is why we spend our entire lives seeking sureness, settlement, and finality in some form. He addresses the observation that many people, like Duryodhan, appear confident and sure of themselves. This can make one feel inferior or like a misfit. However, this confidence is often a facade. The speaker uses an analogy of shopping: if you desperately want a specific, high-quality item but are pressured to accept a lesser alternative, you might compromise. Similarly, in our eagerness to find sureness, we often settle for false destinations and spurious goods, like wrong jobs or relationships. This is the mistake mankind makes. Because we love sureness so much, we hastily settle for the wrong things. If you truly love sureness, you must never settle for false sureness. Your desperate love for it must be matched by the strength of patience. The final conclusion cannot be a thought, word, or ideology, but an empty and pure clarity with nothing to hold on to. Arjun is unique on the battlefield because he is trembling; his false confidence and conclusions are trembling. This is the beginning of dispassion. When the footsteps of Truth approach, your false walls will tremble. If you are a true lover of Truth, your false truths must shiver and tremble. The one who never experiences any dilemma, who is always cock-sure, is a Duryodhan. The problem is not that you are unsure, but that you are sure about the wrong things.