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What makes me dissatisfied? || Acharya Prashant, with youth (2013)
Acharya Prashant
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Satisfaction
Presence
Reality
Future
Education
Time
Mind
Journey
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses the question of how to achieve satisfaction by explaining that satisfaction is not a future goal but a state of being fully present in the current moment. He observes that when one is deeply immersed in listening or any activity without parallel thoughts, dissatisfaction cannot exist. He argues that dissatisfaction is merely a thought that arises when one is not present to reality. Acharya Prashant critiques conventional education and training for teaching individuals to sacrifice the present for future results, such as degrees or jobs, which leads to a perpetual state of dissatisfaction. He emphasizes that satisfaction cannot be obtained through achievements or external events because it is not a result of work. He concludes that since life is essentially a journey through time, being dissatisfied with the journey means being dissatisfied with life itself, as the imagined satisfaction in the future is an absurdity that prevents one from being satisfied right now.