Don’t be ruled by the body || Acharya Prashant

Full Video: The importance of going against nature || Acharya Prashant, at SPIT Mumbai (2022)

Transcript

00:00The moment you sit down to study, you start feeling drowsy.

00:03How many of you have experienced that?

00:04There was no sleepiness at all.

00:07But the moment you open the book, you feel like crashing on the bed.

00:11Experienced that?

00:12That's what Prakriti wants you to do.

00:15Just sleep and protect the body and keep the body happy.

00:18Prakriti has no intention to have you as a great one,

00:23as a realized one, as an elevated one, a free one, a liberated one.

00:27No, Prakriti does not want any of that.

00:29That does not mean that Prakriti is our enemy.

00:32That does not mean that we have to assault the body.

00:34That only means that we do not have to be ruled by our body.

00:39We cannot allow the body to dictate us, to gain control over us.

00:43We cannot allow that.

00:44And what do we mean by the body?

00:46You know, most of the emotions that you experience are simply physical.

00:50Most of the thoughts that we have are just biochemical things.

00:54If some additional chemical is injected in your body, your thoughts will change.