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The craziness that begins and ends in God || Acharya Prashant, on Saint Lalleshwari (2016)
Scriptures and Saints
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Bhagavad Gita
Nature
Prakriti
Peace
Society
Vulnerability
Intellect
Self-concept
Description

Acharya Prashant emphasizes that the Bhagavad Gita is a philosophical document of the highest order rather than a mere story. He explains that nature serves as a bridge between the artificial layers of society and the inner center of peace. When a person moves away from man-made abstractions, ideas, and social formulations toward nature, they are actually moving closer to their own center. This is why nature provides a sense of peace; it acts as a proxy for the divine center. He notes that the moon, for instance, activates a subliminal, non-conscious memory of our source, which the world often misinterprets as madness, though it is actually a divine state of forgetting one's social roles and identities. He further argues that one cannot be close to God while being afraid of nature or one's own body. To be at peace with the body is to be at peace with one's basic existence, rather than seeking fulfillment through social concepts. Acharya Prashant critiques 'armchair intellectuals' who live entirely in their thoughts and intellect, stating that God eludes those who are not one with nature. A true saint is described as being one with God internally and one with nature externally—free, naked, and vulnerable like a child. He highlights that while people may find it easy to expose their bodies, they find it extremely difficult to expose their minds and hearts. Finally, he explains that living in a state of total exposure and vulnerability is the path to fearlessness. When one is prepared to get hurt, the small self that feels pain begins to dissolve, leading to a state where one can no longer be hurt. He urges the listeners to move beyond the mere accumulation of spiritual knowledge and jargon. He stresses that most people already have enough knowledge and must now drop redundant concepts to allow real action to happen in their lives, rather than keeping God confined to the head.