🧔🏻‍♂️ Want to meet Acharya Prashant? Be a part of the Live Sessions: https://acharyaprashant.org/hi/enquiry-gita?cmId=m00051 📚 Want to read Acharya Prashant's Books? Get Free Delivery: https://acharyaprashant.org/en/books?cmId=m00051 📝 Read 3 handpicked wisdom articles, just for you: https://acharyaprashant.org/en/articles?cmId=m00051 ➖➖➖➖➖➖ #acharyaprashant #आचार्यप्रशांत #gitanjali #rabindranathtagore #poem #ego #trap #spirituality Video Information: 04.02.2026, GW, Greater Noida Title: Why Do You Keep Running Away From Yourself? || Acharya Prashant, on Gitanjali ➖➖➖➖➖➖ Description: In this video, Acharya Ji discusses Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali and uses its verses to explore the nature of the ego and the ‘I’. Acharya Ji explains how the ego creates a sense of separation, constantly seeks fulfilment, and keeps us trapped in our own stories, desires, and conditioning. He explains that true spirituality is not about renouncing life, relationships, desires, or action, but about reducing the false centre from which they arise. Through Tagore’s poems, Acharya Ji points towards a life of greater honesty, freedom, right action, and a reduced ego. "The ego is its own worst enemy.” “Enlightenment is the ego's most sophisticated fantasy.” “Willpower is about fighting the world. Love is about fighting your own lies.” “The ego uses even the vehicle of the truth for its own furtherance.” “Wisdom is freedom from illusion.” “Spirituality is about right action.” “The honest person does not ask for absolute freedom.” Context: Are my desires really mine? Why do I keep running away from myself? Why does the ego deceive itself? What does true freedom actually mean? Does spirituality mean giving up desires and relationships? 🎧 Listen to Acharya Prashant on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2QmVEAAnsNE7Xs0MW0Li8Y?si=09fbcbc7c99c469b&nd=1&dlsi=2d753e5523df4ceb Music Credits: Milind Date ~~~~~~~~~~~~~