Fear runs the body, but not you || Acharya Prashant
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00:00 What is good for the body but bad for consciousness is not acceptable.
00:04 Fear is that.
00:05 Fear is something that is good for your physical survival.
00:09 Fear is an evolutionary tool.
00:11 Helps you live a longer life.
00:13 But it is not good for your consciousness.
00:15 What's the point in living a long life if life is full of fear?
00:20 Please tell me.
00:21 What would you prefer?
00:22 Living for a hundred years, all afraid and insecure, doubtful, shivering or living for
00:28 just, let's say, like Bhagat Singh, only 23 years, but bravely, stoutly, like a man.
00:34 What would you prefer?
00:35 That's what.
00:36 Because we are not animals.
00:37 No animal ever prefers to be martyred.
00:40 No animal would ever say, "I want a short but meaningful life."
00:44 For animals, body is everything.
00:46 You are human beings precisely because for you, body is not everything.
00:50 You can overrule your body.
00:51 You can dictate your body.
00:53 For you, body is just an instrument.
00:54 You can use your body towards a higher purpose.
00:57 That's why you are human beings.