Were you a Child Prodigy? || Acharya Prashant

Full video: The Life Journey of Acharya Prashant || Acharya Prashant, in conversation (2024)

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00:00It would sound very dramatic if I say I had clarity at the age of 15, that child prodigy stuff, that that wasn't the case.

00:07But I was doing what I could. I was observing, I was reading, and on issues that I couldn't grasp, I would have conversations with my father.

00:16And he had the knack of simplifying things instantly.

00:20So I could go to him with the problem, the narration of which would last, let's say, 10 minutes.

00:26And his response would be 20 seconds, 40 seconds, a minute at max, and everything would stand resolved.

00:32One thing I think I can give myself some credit for, I didn't try to sweep things under the carpet.

00:38If I've seen something, I've seen it. I didn't try to pretend that I understand when I didn't.

00:45I didn't try to trivialize something just because I couldn't wrap my head around it.