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God is not a strict headmaster || Acharya Prashant (2020)
Bharat
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Truth
Freedom
Godliness
Vedanta
Non-doer
Maya
Ishwar
Creation
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that human actions, such as violence or rape, occur because individuals are godless, whereas a godly person remains immortal and untouched even by physical harm. He clarifies that God is not a benevolent or omnipotent figure who intervenes in human affairs like a police constable; instead, God represents absolute freedom. This freedom allows individuals to live as they please, though misusing it leads to suffering because the inner self craves godliness. He dismisses the childish concept of a creator God sitting elsewhere, asserting that God is a non-doer who is beyond all desires and did not even create the universe. According to Acharya Prashant, the world is godliness itself, and it is the individual who creates the universe through their own perception and experience. He argues that the universe and the self disappear when questioned attentively, revealing that traditional notions of God are myths. He advocates for Vedanta, where the focus shifts from a personal God to the ultimate truth, noting that the concept of Ishwar is related to Maya. Ultimately, he states that if the world feels hellish, it is the individual's responsibility to manage, run, or dissolve it, as God has no business in human doing.