What Makes us Unique? || Acharya Prashant

Full video: Anxiety and needless thoughts? Simple Solution || Acharya Prashant, Sir J.J. College, Mumbai (2022)

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00:00Have you ever seen any animal fasting?

00:02We manage to fast because we rule our bodies and that's why we are human beings.

00:06We rule our bodies.

00:07The bodies keep saying so many things.

00:09We don't, we don't care, we don't care.

00:12Even examination tomorrow, it's just 10.30pm and the body is saying sleep.

00:16What do you do? Crash on the bed? What do you do?

00:18You say, I don't care.

00:20Your comfort is less important than my priorities.

00:25The body is saying give me comfort.

00:27You say no, something else is more important.

00:29We are no more creatures of the jungle.

00:31We are not to be ruled by the body.

00:33We must understand the body and we must use the body towards the purposes of consciousness.

00:40Consciousness will decide the destination and the body will be the vehicle to reach that destination.

00:46The body itself cannot be the destination or the ruler.

00:49What do you want? To use your body or to be used by the body?