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You are a Lao Tzu when you don't have a Lao Tzu as your ideal || Acharya Prashant (2016)
Acharya Prashant
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Lao Tzu
Truth
Spirituality
Daily Life
Tao Te Ching
Kabir Saheb
Self-Realization
Knowledge
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that the greatest harm caused to others often comes from seemingly normal and harmless daily actions, much like a street vendor selling unhealthy food. He emphasizes that spiritual literature and scriptures are useless if they are not applied to one's daily life and observations. He points out that while many people study figures like Lao Tzu and treat them as ideals, they fail to embody the same essence because they are focused on the expression rather than the source. Lao Tzu himself did not have an ideal to follow, which is precisely why he could be himself. Acharya Prashant asserts that truth is one, but its expressions are diverse and unique to each individual. To truly connect with the truth, one must stop trying to imitate the specific expressions of others, such as Lao Tzu or Kabir Saheb, and instead connect directly to the common center from which all such expressions emerge. This connection to the source requires letting go of accumulated knowledge and the desire to be like someone else.