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The myth of the child’s innocence || Acharya Prashant (2018)
Acharya Prashant
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Conditioning
Prakriti
Innocence
Education
Procreation
Saint
Consciousness
Memory
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses the misconception that young children are uncorrupted or pure witnesses. He explains that memories from early childhood are deeply registered in the subconscious mind, even if they are inaccessible to conscious thought due to a lack of language. He argues that toddlers are not pure witnesses but are instead deeply conditioned creatures driven by biological and animalistic tendencies. He emphasizes that the self is not available to a child, and their actions are governed by prakritik or biological conditioning rather than wisdom or realization.