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1 day ago

The real meaning of ‘God helps those who help themselves’

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Questioner (Q): ‘God helps those who help themselves.’ Is there something that I can do? Do I have any responsibility towards helping myself? Is not the act of helping myself against surrender? Acharya Prashant (AP): A few…

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The real meaning of ‘God helps those who help themselves’
The real meaning of ‘God helps those who help themselves’

1 day ago

When you believe in your identity, you will never know the reality

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Questioner (Q): How can I know what is my real identity? Acharya Prashant (AP): What’s your name? Q: Siddhartha. AP: Siddhartha, am I answering someone, am I replying to someone who does not ‘know’ his real identity…

Thoughts

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When you believe in your identity, you will never know the reality
When you believe in your identity, you will never know the reality

2 days ago

There is no problem outside of yourself

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Questioner (Q): Sir, mystery is unknown, and our mind is running behind them to solve them. Why? Acharya Prashant (AP): The mind, rather the ego, does not acknowledge anything as a mystery. Mystery by definition is something…

Thoughts

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There is no problem outside of yourself
There is no problem outside of yourself

3 days ago

The false promise of fulfillment through experience

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Questioner (Q): Sir, does fulfillment come by experiencing everything completely? Acharya Prashant (AP): What is everything? Do you have to go somewhere and experience it, or is it anyway happening daily? Whenever somebody says, “I need to…

Sex

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The false promise of fulfillment through experience
The false promise of fulfillment through experience

5 days ago

Gratification would be; contentment is

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Question (Q): Should we delay our gratification? If yes, then to what extent and for how long? Acharya Prashant (AP): By delay, you mean time, to put it ahead in time. Man uses time itself for gratification…

Gratitude

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Gratification would be; contentment is
Gratification would be; contentment is

6 days ago

Discipline — that which breaks the patterns

Question (Q): Isn’t it contradictory that I need to discipline myself in order to realize Freedom? Acharya Prashant (AP): The one, who has a strong sense of bondage, only he needs to be freed; who else? The one who is abiding in freedom requires no freedom. …

Discipline

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Discipline — that which breaks the patterns
Discipline — that which breaks the patterns

Jun 24

What is it to be human?

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Acharya Prashant (AP): So let us just talk about what is it to be human. What is it to be human? To be human is to be two and yet be one. To be human is to…

Humanity

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What is it to be human?
What is it to be human?

Jun 23

Let ‘Direct observation’ not become a convenient excuse

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Acharya Prashant (AP): There is this question about direct observation and how the world when ‘directly’ observed appears muddled up, appears quite confusing. There is a question that what is all this. One of the aspects of…

Self

8 min read

Let ‘Direct observation’ not become a convenient excuse
Let ‘Direct observation’ not become a convenient excuse

Jun 23

How do I know whether I am aware?

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Questioner (Q): How to know whether I am aware? Acharya Prashant (AP): What you call as ‘knowing’ is just thinking. It is a mental activity. Do you know of anything that is beyond the mind? You know…

Awareness

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How do I know whether I am aware?
How do I know whether I am aware?

Jun 21

With youth: Competition, Planning, Career

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant. Acharya Prashant (AP): Manoj asks, ‘Given that there is so much competition, how do I plan my career?’ Manoj, can I solve a problem if I do not understand it? Can I solve a problem if I…

Competition

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With youth: Competition, Planning, Career
With youth: Competition, Planning, Career
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