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00:00there's one thing that i feel that that should be discussed is that is true purpose of life
00:07we all talk about it a lot we all hear it a lot but what do you think is the true purpose of life
00:13and how someone who is 20 years old who is discovering his own true purpose like
00:17what is the way for them to discover their true purpose and for that i have a quote too from
00:21victor frankel he said he used to say ultimately man should not ask what the meaning of his life
00:29is but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked in a word each man is questioned by life
00:36and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life to life he can only respond by being
00:42responsible so can you please expand on one of his course and like how to find the true purpose of
00:49life for a youngster who is you see you cannot ask for something called a true purpose
00:59while being simultaneously and stubbornly invested in all kinds of blind purposes
01:11maybe the true purpose of life is just to get rid of all the false purposes
01:18maybe that's what you are born for maybe the moment you were born you were already handed over
01:29a lot of false purposes plus the potential to accumulate even more false purposes that's what
01:36your condition was the moment you were born when when you are an infant
01:45are you purposeless are you purposeless ever seen an infant is the infant purposeless no
01:53even as a very little baby you still have a purpose or many purposes
01:59i want the right temperature i want the right humidity i want my feed very regularly and at the right time
02:12the room should be neither too dark nor too bright
02:16i want a few people around me at the same time i don't like crowds
02:24and if i spoil my little pants or the diaper i want somebody to quickly provide me with hygiene services
02:41so you already have purposes when you and all these purposes relate to the body don't they
02:47don't they think of these do these purposes really change as you grow up no they don't
02:57you already have purposes and you have the potential
03:03to gather more purposes that are nothing but the old biological purposes amplified in a social way
03:13the kid loves its territory does it not think of a kid or think of an animal
03:25think of a pup or a kitten they they love their territory don't they
03:31if you have how many of you have pups or kittens or some experience with them
03:37if you have two of them they they know their areas and if the other one squats on their area
03:44seen how violent they get seen now how is that very very different from the adult
03:53the adult zest the adult desperation to have a house a house that you can call your own
04:04and when you were growing up you you you had your room probably and your brother had a room
04:14and once you reach a certain age siblings are put into separate rooms
04:21and and did you really enjoy if your let's say your brother intruded and messed up with your room
04:29you retaliated right you said fine now see what i can do
04:35how is that very different from from the very biological urge of a human baby
04:47or an animal to protect its space its territory
04:52and then food see see how the baby yells if it does not get food at the right time
05:03and the baby can get really violent it does not care for the mother's comfort right
05:10it's 3 a.m the mother is very tired and somehow she has managed to fall asleep
05:18and what does the baby do does the baby display compassion does the baby say i'll hold my hunger
05:23till 6 a.m at least let mama relax does the baby say that what does it do
05:30baby says my hunger is more important than her comfort
05:35it does not matter whether she is mother or father or whosoever she is
05:39if i am hungry i am hungry
05:42and that hunger relates to body identification i want food at any cost
05:48even if it does something terrible to the mother i must have food
05:53right is that not what grown-ups also keep doing their entire life
06:00it's just that the diversity in food increases
06:03the kid simply wants milk
06:06adults say we want all kinds of dishes when it comes to the stomach
06:10and we also want mental food
06:12all kinds of things that fill up not only the stomach but also the mind
06:17and just as the kid says i must have the food irrespective of what it does to the other
06:23even if it includes violence i will i will have what i want
06:28similarly adults keep saying if i want something that fills me up either psychologically or physically
06:34i'll have it even if i have to kill the entire humanity
06:37so you have purposes
06:41we are created
06:44with
06:46with inbuilt purposes
06:48there is an
06:53a priori purpose even before your birth
06:55now you see what is the true purpose of life
07:02get rid of all these nonsensical purposes
07:05just because you are born you haven't become human
07:08the kid can hardly be called human
07:11you have to become human
07:16by discarding
07:17all those purposes
07:19embedded in your hardware
07:23and the society
07:26when it brings you up
07:28raises you
07:29educates you
07:30does very little
07:31to relieve you of those biological purposes
07:36it simply builds on them
07:41in that way it amplifies those biological purposes
07:44the kid is competitive is it not
07:48the kid is violent
07:49the kid is selfish
07:50the kid has
07:52very little realization
07:54and the society just teaches you
07:59how to satisfy your violent and competitive nature
08:05this that you call as success
08:10and everybody wants to be successful
08:13right
08:13this that you call as success
08:15is this not something
08:17if you truly look into it
08:19that is arising
08:21right from our
08:23biological core
08:25what does being successful mean
08:28it's basically a kind of domination
08:32that you have over other
08:33right
08:33now don't talk about
08:35the success of an Einstein
08:37or a Gautam Buddha
08:39or a Krishna
08:39right
08:41keep them aside
08:41in general parlance
08:44when you talk of success
08:46what do you mean
08:47I am better than the others
08:48I have power over the others
08:52if you have only as much as everybody else has
08:58would you call yourself successful
08:59success
09:01you see
09:02therefore
09:02is necessarily violent
09:04because you consider yourself successful
09:07only when you are ahead of 40 others
09:09so 40 others
09:12have to be put behind
09:15left behind
09:16defeated
09:17subjugated
09:19dominated
09:19for you to be successful
09:22and that kind of a thing
09:26is already present in the kid
09:28when it is born
09:29competitiveness
09:33is biological
09:34compassion has to be taught
09:36attraction and attachment
09:39are biological
09:40love has to be taught
09:42are you seeing something
09:47about the purpose of life now
09:49what's the purpose of life
09:52learn to love
09:55grow human
09:59undo your conditioning
10:02you are born
10:05encaged
10:06fight hard
10:08to break free
10:10that's the purpose of life
10:14otherwise it's a very strange thing
10:19like a prisoner in his cell
10:22fully encaged
10:28and he is
10:32deeply in thought
10:34you know
10:36what is the purpose of life
10:39can't you see
10:41don't you see
10:44you are in
10:47prison
10:49and that exactly is the purpose of life
10:51what else
10:52but the fellow is saying
10:55you know
10:55this is the world
10:57these four walls
10:58are the universe
10:59and I have to figure out
11:03where is the purpose of life
11:05within these four walls
11:06sir
11:08remaining where you are
11:10you can have no purpose
11:17you are imprisoned
11:19what purpose do you want
11:21any purpose that you will have
11:24will be within the prison
11:25you like to call that a purpose
11:27any purpose
11:30that a prisoner will have
11:32will be
11:32within the prison
11:34so the only rightful purpose can be
11:38break out
11:40break out
11:42what else
11:43but that's not what
11:45your education
11:46your society
11:47will ever tell you
11:49that's a secret
11:50never to be disclosed
11:51they will never tell you
11:53they will tell you
11:54of all the great things
11:55come on
11:57come on
11:57come on
11:58within the prison
12:00and they have
12:02raised a lot of
12:05amusing
12:05and entertaining
12:06attractive places
12:07within your cell
12:08within your cell
12:11there are a lot of attractions
12:12all within the cell
12:14mind you
12:15all within the cell
12:17enough to keep you
12:21engaged
12:22all your life
12:23so you are born
12:25in a prison
12:26and then you
12:26die in the prison
12:28and you have some
12:35meditators
12:36within the prison
12:37who keep asking
12:38what is the purpose
12:39of life
12:39what is the purpose
12:41of life
12:42and then there
12:58are the handcuffs
13:01the jeans
13:04the fetters
13:05and all the
13:07and all the jazz
13:08and what do you
13:13call that
13:14handcuffs
13:19you call that
13:22handcuffs
13:23do you
13:23ever
13:23no
13:24nice bangles
13:27look at that
13:33and think of
13:34what it really is
13:35where does it
13:37come from
13:37does it come
13:39from your
13:39consciousness
13:40really
13:41think of all
13:45the stuff
13:45that you are
13:46wearing on your
13:46body
13:47because I can't
13:48point at stuff
13:49that you are
13:49wearing in your
13:50mind
13:50I wish I could
13:51it's very
13:53intangible
13:53I can't show
13:54it to you
13:54right now
13:55even if I
13:55see it
13:55I can't
13:56show it
13:56to you
13:56but think
13:58of all the
13:59things that
13:59you are
13:59wearing
14:00on your
14:00body
14:00think of
14:01where they
14:02are coming
14:02from
14:02think of
14:03this ring
14:03on your
14:04finger
14:04you think
14:07of that
14:08as something
14:08you have
14:09chosen to
14:10wear
14:10right
14:10please
14:12do you
14:12know what
14:13that means
14:13why is it
14:14present on
14:15you
14:15it's present
14:17on you
14:17out of
14:18somebody else's
14:19wish
14:19but that
14:20exactly is
14:20the definition
14:21of a
14:21handcuff
14:22which is
14:23present on
14:24your body
14:24not because
14:25you want
14:25it but
14:26because
14:26somebody else
14:26wants it
14:27is that
14:28not what
14:29is the
14:29definition
14:29of a
14:30handcuff
14:30please tell
14:30me so
14:33if you
14:33wear that
14:33necklace
14:34or that
14:36ring or
14:36that
14:36amulet or
14:37whatever it
14:38is I
14:38don't know
14:38there's a
14:39lot of
14:39stuff that
14:40we wear
14:40internally
14:41externally
14:41you have
14:42to ask
14:43how is
14:44that
14:44different
14:45from
14:46chains
14:47and
14:48all
14:50kinds
14:51of
14:51why
14:57that's
14:59the purpose
15:00of life
15:00give it
15:01up
15:01good evening
15:13sir
15:13my name
15:14is
15:14so as
15:16you said
15:16like
15:17these are
15:17all
15:17handcuffs
15:18so but
15:19if they
15:21are giving
15:21me happiness
15:22and the
15:23one who
15:23has given
15:24me those
15:24handcuffs
15:25and it
15:26is given
15:27giving them
15:27also happiness
15:28so why
15:29shouldn't
15:29I wear
15:29there
15:30then why
15:31is there
15:32this question
15:32about
15:33the midlife
15:35crisis and
15:35the crash
15:36at the age
15:36of 20
15:37wish they
15:38could give
15:38you happiness
15:39all that
15:41they give
15:41you is a
15:41bubble
15:42don't you
15:44see that
15:44the entire
15:45discussion
15:45today
15:46from the
15:46beginning
15:47till this
15:47point
15:48has been
15:48about
15:49crashes
15:49midlife
15:51crisis
15:51and depression
15:52and rejection
15:53and what
15:54not
15:54wish
15:57all this
15:58stuff that
15:59you are
15:59wearing on
16:00your wrist
16:00or on
16:02your mind
16:03could give
16:04you lasting
16:05happiness
16:05it does
16:06not
16:06it does
16:08not
16:08and it
16:09is the
16:10ensuing
16:10frustration
16:11that kills
16:12and that's
16:22what you are
16:22saying
16:22most people
16:23prefer to
16:25live in the
16:26proverbial
16:26fool's
16:27paradise
16:27than in the
16:30eternal truth
16:31we want
16:33to somehow
16:34be entertained
16:35even if we
16:36know that
16:37the entertainment
16:37is false
16:38that's what
16:41the common
16:42life is all
16:42about
16:42I fully
16:44well know
16:44I am being
16:45fooled
16:45but I
16:46still agree
16:47to it
16:48my question
16:50is why
16:51must it
16:51be so
16:52why
16:54must
16:55you
16:55invite
16:58a lot
16:59of suffering
16:59just for
17:01a little
17:01bit of
17:01gratification
17:02that's
17:05that's a
17:05peculiar
17:07feature
17:08amongst
17:08animals
17:09that's how
17:11animals are
17:11trapped
17:12maimed
17:14killed
17:15no
17:15you show
17:17them a
17:18little bit
17:19of fodder
17:20or bait
17:20and what
17:22do they do
17:22they walk
17:23into it
17:23and then
17:24what happens
17:25to them
17:25what happens
17:27to them
17:28you know
17:29what you do
17:29to them
17:30right
17:30the inability
17:32to resist
17:34instant
17:35gratification
17:36is a
17:36feature of
17:37animals
17:39if you are
17:40a human
17:40being
17:41you should
17:41be able
17:41to say
17:42no
17:42I do
17:43not want
17:43gratification
17:44gratification
17:45you understand
17:45what is
17:46gratification
17:46just
17:48sensory
17:49happiness
17:50pleasure
17:51yes
17:52that's gratification
17:55animals do
17:57that
17:57so you
17:59you show
18:00the rabbit
18:01some carrot
18:02and the rabbit
18:04won't be able
18:04to resist it
18:05it walks up
18:06to you
18:06and then
18:07you just
18:08skin it
18:09alive
18:09otherwise
18:11you won't
18:12be wearing
18:12all the
18:13rabbit
18:14jackets
18:15angora
18:16and all
18:17those
18:17things
18:18why must
18:21we behave
18:22like
18:22unconscious
18:23animals
18:24and if
18:26you behave
18:26like animals
18:27you will
18:27meet the
18:28fate of
18:28animals
18:29don't you
18:31see how
18:31easy it
18:32has been
18:32to trap
18:33animals
18:33why do you
18:34want to be
18:35trapped
18:35like animals
18:36somebody will
18:39show you
18:39some happiness
18:40and you
18:42start
18:43following him
18:44is that
18:45not how
18:46all of us
18:46are
18:47trapped
18:48no
18:48nobody
18:49traps us
18:50by telling
18:51us the
18:51truth
18:51we are
18:54trapped
18:55by those
18:56who sell
18:57us
18:57please
18:59happiness
19:00so be
19:00very cautious
19:01when someone
19:03gives you
19:05happiness
19:05or sells
19:06you happiness
19:06or promises
19:07you happiness
19:08be very cautious
19:08you are being
19:09trapped
19:09happiness is
19:11the ultimate
19:11trap
19:11you will be
19:13made happy
19:14for a while
19:14and then
19:16after that
19:16no relief
19:18no respite
19:20once this
19:26thing
19:26gets on
19:27your wrist
19:27you know
19:28how difficult
19:29it is
19:29to get it
19:30off
19:30once that
19:32thing gets
19:33on your
19:33finger
19:33you very
19:34well know
19:34how difficult
19:35it is
19:35you are
19:38young people
19:39I hope
19:39you understand
19:40so before
19:43you put
19:43these things
19:44on
19:44and it's
19:45a moment
19:46of great
19:46happiness
19:47intoxicating
19:49happiness
19:49when you are
19:50compelled to
19:51put that
19:51thing here
19:52or here
19:53or here
19:53or here
19:55avoid
19:56avoid
19:58it's easy
19:58to get into
19:59the trap
19:59almost impossible
20:01to
20:02get out
20:03of it
20:04remember
20:07the mouse
20:08think of
20:09the mouse
20:10trap
20:10the knowers
20:12have said
20:12that the
20:14wise men
20:15look at the
20:16world
20:16first of all
20:17as a
20:18mouse trap
20:20or a
20:22minefield
20:23anytime
20:27there can
20:27be an
20:27explosion
20:28anything
20:30that
20:30appears
20:31tempting
20:31and tasty
20:32can simply
20:33trap you
20:34you
20:36shh
20:37you
20:41you
20:42you
20:50you
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