Rushing towards Happiness || Acharya Prashant

Full video: For those who want freedom || Acharya Prashant, International Psychology Summit (2023)

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00:00We are not born to live in pain. Our nature is joy and that's the reason why we all rush towards

00:07that poor proxy called happiness because happiness to an extent seems like joy. In both joy and

00:15happiness there is an absence of sorrow. So we rush towards happiness because it appears a bit

00:21like joy though happiness is not at all joy. Happiness is just a shady cousin of sorrow.

00:25So your nature is joy. The moment you acknowledge pain you'll find yourself dropping it. In that lies

00:32your freedom. In that lies the power of choice. You can drop your pain and pain is not compulsory.

00:41You are not mandated to live a life of suffering. If you suffer that's a choice you have inflicted

00:48on yourself and you can reverse that choice. We all have the liberty to bring ourselves to a joyous state.