How to Know What’s Truly Right for You? || Acharya Prashant (2023)

Acharya Prashant

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00:00So, my name is Corbett. I am a final year undergraduate from the department of mechanical

00:06engineering, IIT company. My question is, what is more important in life? To know what to do

00:11or to know what we must not do? I am unable to look at your face. There is something that

00:19there is a gap and also probably the light is a bit dim. Can we do something about it?

00:25I will write you in my phone slash. Yeah, better. Now you can look into your eyes.

00:40Yes, come again please. Just that one line of the question. So, my question is, what is

00:48more important in life? To know what to do or to know what not to do?

00:52See, doing or not doing, both are functions of the doer. Right? The doer is the one making

01:08the choice. The doer is the one making the choice. You are asking, do I trust the output

01:25output? Of a certain instrument, a certain gadget? And if I trust the output, you know,

01:38if the gadget says, go left, is that more important than the instruction to go right? Let's say

01:47you have an instrument with you. And the instrument, let's say it's on your dashboard, on the dashboard

01:54of your car or bike or something. It can instruct you to go left or it can instruct you to go right.

02:03It's a positioning system, LPS, life positioning system. It can tell you go left or it can tell

02:10you go right. You are asking me, what's more important? Going left or going right? What's more

02:18important? To know what to do or to know what not to do? My question is, is your LPS trustworthy first

02:28of all? Because doing or not doing, I repeat, are functions of the doer. The doer is the instrument.

02:38Is the instrument first of all reliable? Who's the one making choice within? Who's setting these

02:46options in front of you? Who's coming to you and saying, oh, these are the options if you,

02:53if you do something, these are the options in favor of not doing something? Have you gone

03:02into the inner machine? That's the job of the engineer, right? To go into the machine. If

03:08the machine is all right, it will perform rightly. If the internal fundamentals are not in place,

03:14then we do not bother too much about the output. The output we know will be wrong. And if sometimes

03:25the output appears to be correct, that's just a fluke. It cannot last long. It's not repeatable.

03:32How do most people know what to do? And you will surely be finding people around you.

03:45I'm sure you are an intelligent and observant fellow. Have you not seen people who are very

03:50sure about themselves? And you wonder from where do they gather such confidence? How do they

03:59exactly know what to do? Because they have never bothered to investigate from where is their

04:08doership arising? They have instincts. And those are all conditioned instincts.

04:18I know I needed to get into IIT. But why exactly? And very few people will have any kind of depth

04:29in their response to this question. I very well know I need to write my GRE and then fly off

04:39to the US. How do you know this? How do you know that this is the right thing to do? Very few people

04:47will know. A lot of Muslims know that all others are infidels and therefore do not deserve to be liked.

05:06A lot of Muslims know. A lot of Hindus know that their religion is the best one.

05:12And with great confidence they will say all these things. The Hindus, the Muslims, the Christians,

05:20the Buddhists.

05:24How do they know with such surety?

05:31Well, at the age of 24 I will pass out and

05:34I suppose I must have a BMW by 30. How do you know? Who told you?

05:48I think I will have just two kids.

05:52One by the time I am 30 or something. Another before I am 35.

05:57How do you know?

06:03How do you know?

06:08Let's celebrate.

06:12And if you are celebrating, nobody is going to keep quiet.

06:16It's a party.

06:17Let there be noise.

06:18Nobody should be silent in a celebration.

06:28It's a don't, right?

06:29Don't.

06:30Don't be quiet in the middle of a party or a celebration.

06:35How do you know that this is something

06:37to never be done?

06:42From where did this come to you?

06:43Do you see that we are trying to

06:48take your attention

06:50to the inner machine that generates

06:52the list of do's and don'ts?

06:56Do you see that

06:57practically everybody

07:00has that inner list of do's and don'ts?

07:05And the generator of that list

07:07is

07:09an alien

07:11one

07:12masquerading

07:14as you.

07:16Okay, that's

07:17that's a bit too complex.

07:20The generator of that list

07:21has been corrupted

07:23by alien influences.

07:29Huh?

07:31If I am born as an Indian

07:33I have an Indian list

07:35of do's and don'ts.

07:37If I am born as a Chinese

07:38I have a Chinese list.

07:39born as a

07:44North Indian male

07:45you have one list

07:49of do's and don'ts.

07:52Born as a

07:54female

07:54in the North East

07:56you will have a

07:58very different list

07:59of do's and don'ts.

08:04They are not yours.

08:05the generator

08:07itself is

08:09not

08:10authentically

08:11you.

08:13Then how can these

08:14do's and don'ts matter?

08:17And then it becomes

08:18rather

08:18bewildering

08:19and quite amusing.

08:24A lot

08:24of people

08:25spend their entire lives

08:27just following

08:29this list of do's and don'ts.

08:31They do not bother

08:32to question

08:33where these commandments

08:34are coming from.

08:38Do you understand?

08:40Huh?

08:43Now that you are an

08:44IITN

08:45how can you be a dancer?

08:47So don't be a dancer

08:48given that you are an IITN.

08:52Who

08:52who decided that

08:54exactly?

08:57Huh?

08:57I am not encouraging

09:00you to be an answer.

09:01I am just

09:03pointing to the fact

09:04that

09:04there are certain

09:06things

09:06that become

09:07inconceivable

09:08and we do not

09:11ask ourselves

09:12how

09:12when

09:13did they

09:15become

09:16prohibited?

09:18What was the

09:19inner agency

09:20making the

09:22decisions?

09:26Hmm?

09:26I must

09:28have

09:29a fat

09:29job

09:30but

09:32brother

09:33you

09:34were

09:35never

09:36quite

09:36greedy.

09:38I know

09:39you.

09:41There are

09:41so many

09:42other things

09:42in life

09:43that have

09:43mattered

09:44to you.

09:46You

09:46are somebody

09:47with taste

09:48for

09:48fun

09:49enjoyment.

09:52You like

09:53hanging out

09:53with friends.

09:56Hmm?

09:56you like

09:58being with

09:58your

09:59girlfriend.

10:01You like

10:02trekking,

10:03hiking,

10:03those things.

10:06And you

10:07feel so

10:08wonderful when

10:08you are

10:09immersed

10:09in a

10:11great book.

10:14Sartre,

10:15Mopasa

10:16or Indian

10:18literature.

10:20But now

10:21that you are

10:21in IIT

10:22you feel

10:24a great

10:25pressure.

10:26I must

10:26have

10:27a fat

10:28job.

10:28From

10:28where did

10:29this

10:29commandment

10:30come to

10:30you?

10:33Who is

10:33the inner

10:34decision maker?

10:35Is that

10:36you or

10:37is that

10:38someone

10:38greatly

10:39influenced

10:40by the

10:40surroundings?

10:41things?

10:46Don't do

10:47this,

10:47don't do

10:47this.

10:48We often

10:48say,

10:48oh,

10:48there is

10:49that little

10:49voice inside

10:50us.

10:50We call

10:51it

10:51conscience.

10:54Wisdom

10:54is to

10:55realize that

10:55your conscience

10:56is all

10:57artificial,

10:58100%

10:59influenced.

11:02And that's

11:02why the

11:03so-called

11:04inner

11:05conscience

11:05is totally

11:06outer.

11:09And varies

11:10from person

11:10to person.

11:13People have

11:14done horrible

11:14deeds

11:15based on

11:16the advice

11:17of their

11:17conscience.

11:23Hitler

11:23too,

11:24in his own

11:24eyes,

11:25must have

11:25been a

11:25man of

11:26conscience.

11:34So,

11:35who is

11:35the

11:35doer?

11:39Who is

11:40the

11:40doer?

11:46What does

11:46he want

11:47to achieve

11:47through the

11:48deed?

11:51If he

11:52says do

11:52something,

11:53he has

11:53eyes on

11:54the result

11:55probably.

11:56If he

11:57says do

11:57not do

11:58something,

11:58he wants

11:59to save

12:01something

12:01probably.

12:05what is

12:06it that

12:06he wants

12:07to gain?

12:08What is

12:08it that

12:08he wants

12:09to save?

12:12From

12:12where do

12:13his thoughts

12:15and emotions

12:16arise?

12:17Because action

12:18is an

12:18instinct,

12:19right?

12:19You say,

12:20I'll act.

12:21You act

12:21because you

12:22want to

12:22change

12:22something.

12:26Desireless

12:27action

12:27is not

12:29something we

12:30know of.

12:30we act

12:32because we

12:33want something

12:33from the

12:34action,

12:35the deed.

12:36What is

12:37it that

12:37we want?

12:38How do

12:39we know

12:39that the

12:40thing that

12:41we want

12:42from the

12:42deed is

12:43indeed useful

12:43to us?

12:46It's

12:47alright to

12:48have a

12:50target.

12:51It's

12:52alright to

12:53demand something

12:53from your

12:54action.

12:55I'm acting

12:56to reach

12:57that place.

12:58I'm walking.

12:59That's the

13:00deed.

13:00I'm walking.

13:01I want to

13:02reach that

13:02point.

13:03How do

13:04I know

13:04that that

13:05point really

13:06holds something

13:07meaningful for

13:08me?

13:11Who told

13:12me that

13:13that particular

13:14point indeed

13:15has a

13:18thing of

13:18importance?

13:21These are

13:22the questions

13:22that a

13:23young intelligent

13:24man must

13:24ask himself.

13:28Otherwise,

13:28life is

13:31a short

13:31affair.

13:32You can

13:33very easily

13:34squander it

13:34away in

13:35meaningless

13:36kind of

13:37motion,

13:37random

13:38motion.

13:39Oh,

13:39Brownian motion

13:40you know

13:40of,

13:40right?

13:42Think of

13:43the molecules,

13:44think of

13:44the atoms

13:46all the

13:47time,

13:48their entire

13:48duration.

13:49motion.

13:51They are

13:52just moving,

13:53moving,

13:53moving and

13:54colliding and

13:54changing their

13:55path and

13:56moving with

13:57great velocities,

13:58don't they?

13:58if they were

14:04humans,

14:06we would

14:08really

14:09felicitate

14:11them.

14:11We will

14:11say look

14:11at,

14:12look at

14:13these

14:13little things,

14:15the molecules,

14:16they are all

14:17karmiyogis.

14:19They are

14:20constantly in

14:21action,

14:21they are

14:22constantly doing

14:23something.

14:23It's not

14:26about just

14:27doing

14:27something.

14:30It's about

14:31knowing the

14:31doer.

14:35Know why

14:36there must

14:37be movement

14:38at all.

14:39Know who

14:39you are.

14:41Know what

14:42is it that

14:43you lack.

14:44Know what

14:45is it that

14:45you need to

14:46shed.

14:48And then

14:49the deed

14:50is right.

14:53then you

14:56know the

14:57one right

14:58direction for

14:59you,

15:00unambiguously,

15:01choicelessly.

15:09Again,

15:10makes me

15:11wonder if

15:12I have been

15:12able to

15:13communicate.

15:14Am I

15:15through to

15:15you?

15:17Yes,

15:18sir.

15:18That was

15:18actually an

15:19insight for

15:19one,

15:19sir.

15:20I expected

15:20not such

15:21a deeper

15:21insights.

15:23You and

15:24each one of

15:26you on the

15:27other side

15:27of the

15:28screen are

15:29most welcome

15:29to ask for

15:31clarification or

15:32pose a

15:33counter.

15:34I welcome

15:34that.

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