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भूत ही भूत इस आदमी के अंदर || आचार्य प्रशांत, वेदांत पर (2021)
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Repetition
Tendencies (Vrittis)
Script (Patkatha)
Suffering
Society
Originality
Individuality
Awareness
Description

Acharya Prashant advises that in whatever one is doing, one must observe where the repetition or recurrence lies. Wherever one sees repetition or the play of tendencies, one should immediately become alert and question, "What am I doing? I am playing the same old game." He argues that if there was anything to be gained from this primitive game, it would have been achieved a hundred crore years ago. Since nothing has been gained so far, repeating it today will yield nothing. The speaker explains that the world, which operates on systems and institutions, wants individuals to keep repeating. The job of these institutions is to inspire repetition. For instance, the education system wants you to receive the same education as those who came before you. A curriculum is set, and your senior batch studied the same things, you will study the same, and with minor changes, your junior batch will also study the same. Similarly, a father wants his child to get a job just as he did, even if it pays more. A mother wants her child to manage the household and get married in the same way she did. Everyone collectively wants you to repeat, and in this repetition lies suffering. If there were any benefit in repetition, those who advocate for it would have already received it. Acharya Prashant states that the world is afraid of those who refuse the pre-written script and do not accept repetition. If one becomes happy and successful without repeating, it is like a slap on the face of those who are stuck in repetition. The world cannot accept the success of a different kind of person. The punishment for living a life of repetition is a hollow, pointless existence. Your face becomes one in a crowd, entirely forgettable, with no individuality or uniqueness. Your voice becomes an average of billions of others. You live in a recycled ego, trapped in a cycle. The speaker concludes by urging the listener not to ask what is real, but to break free from repetition. He advises to be firm and strictly question anything that is old and repetitive, as that is how change might be possible.