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एक बड़ा फैसला लेना है, कुछ समझ में नहीं आ रहा || आचार्य प्रशांत (2024)
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Honesty
Dignity
Nature (Prakriti)
Suffering
Ego (Aham)
Maya
Truth
Kabir Saheb
Description

Acharya Prashant responds to a question about how to know what is truly right when everyone believes their actions are correct. He explains that there is no method for this; it only requires honesty. He uses the analogy of pain, stating that one does not need a method to know if their foot hurts; the pain is already happening, and one just needs to acknowledge it. Similarly, the pain of a wrong life is already present, and one must simply accept it. He criticizes the tendency to ask for a method, path, or technique, as it is often a way to reassure oneself that the task is difficult and the destination is far, thus delaying action. For 50 years, one might try to find a path to where they already are, deceiving themselves that the undertaking is very difficult. The speaker explains the equation: Ego (Aham) = Doer (Karta) = Sufferer (Bhokta). The ego that acts is the same ego that experiences the consequences. Therefore, the suffering one endures is the proof of living a wrong life. Life itself provides proof at every step and every moment that one is living wrongly. He uses the metaphor of a sucked-out mango, where only the skin and the hard seed are left, to describe a life devoid of substance, dignity, and sweetness, a life that has been drained by the world. He says we have become accustomed to being kicked by life. This is because nature (Prakriti) has not created us for a life of dignity (garima). Dignity is not found in nature; nature has created us simply to procreate. Acharya Prashant elaborates that diseases like cancer and heart ailments typically occur in old age, after the reproductive years, because once nature's work of procreation is done, the body is of no use to it. The sequence of the reproductive period followed by aging clearly indicates nature's purpose. Since nature has not created us for dignity, we do not even realize when our dignity is stolen. He urges the listener to pay attention to their life, to feel bad about their condition, and to feel remorse. He concludes by stating that one should be shameless before the Truth, not before Maya (illusion). He also references H.G. Wells' story, "The Country of the Blind," to illustrate how a society of blind people would perceive a sighted person as diseased, just as a conditioned society views someone who sees the truth.