Doubt the DOER

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

Acharya Prashant:

Dropping the doer means, ‘Not supporting the doer.’

The doer is ‘a helpless, powerless, parasitic being.’

The doer can survive only as long as somebody else supports him.

The doer has no life of its own.

The doer is survived, maintained, and furthered by your belief in the doer.

So it’s simple — ‘Doubt the doer.’

Do not stand behind him, do not keep supporting him.

Do not be his friend.

The parasite has no friends, the parasite only has a host.

Whenever a thought arises within you, immediately an alarm must go off– another trap. Whenever you feel that you are sure of something, immediately an alarm must go off — another failure.

Whenever you are sure of something, absolutely sure that is when you must be absolutely sure that you are being fooled.

Of that which you are totally certain in life, that is what is your curse and your bane.

That is what is meant by getting rid of the doer.

The doer only knows how to act. He is identified by his doing, by his activities…