Authority, Religion, Guru, and the Timeless

The following excerpt is from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

Acharya Prashant (AP): Authority is definitely dangerous when the person becomes the authority. Authority is not only dangerous, it is blasphemous because first of all, you are trying to do something that you are not entitled to do. You are trying to act God.

It is only on behalf of the Truth that one can be the authority.

Unfortunately, that cannot be objectively verified whether you are acting to fulfill your personal agenda or whether you are acting as a soldier of the Truth that cannot be objectively verified. So that’s why all the perverts are having a field

Verification can be made only by the Truth inside you and only by probably the fruits of the actions. If you are dull, then you will have to wait to see the results of following somebody and if you are a little quicker and intelligent, then through your own attentiveness you will be able to figure out whether the fellow is lying or is really there. In fact, it can be verified, all you need is a little longer time or a little exercise of the mind. It can be verified, why not?

Listener 1 (L1): In fact, somehow it is easy, one of the parameters is that they don’t talk about duality.