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Wasting life on an unworthy person? || Acharya Prashant (2020)
Shakti
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1 year ago
Loyalty
Truth
Relationships
Loneliness
Commitment
Self-responsibility
FOMO
Personal Development
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses a question from a woman who feels unable to leave a long-term relationship despite her partner's dishonesty and infidelity. He explains that if one finds themselves attracted to an unworthy person, the issue lies within their own internal cravings rather than the other person's character. He challenges the conventional notion of loyalty, stating that loyalty should be reserved for the highest truth rather than being offered cheaply to random individuals. To be committed to the truth means one cannot be committed to anything or anybody else in the same way. He characterizes the act of placing an average human being on a pedestal as a form of foolishness and even a kind of blasphemy, as no ordinary person can fulfill such high expectations. He further explains that people often cling to unworthy relationships due to loneliness, hormonal impulses, cultural pressure, and the fear of missing out (FOMO) perpetuated by media. He advises that it is far better to live a solitary life than to be chained to a mischief-maker. Instead of investing years in a person, one should invest their life in a meaningful cause or personal development. He emphasizes that the responsibility to bring goodness, beauty, and wellness into one's life rests solely on the individual, not on a partner. Ultimately, he suggests that if a person does not fill their life with understanding and purity, they will inevitably fill it with rubbish, often in the form of an unworthy relationship.