Insecure and Afraid? || Acharya Prashant

Full Video: Living Without God: Principles for a Purposeful Life || Acharya Prashant, IIT-Hyderabad (2024)

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00:00If you are insecure and afraid, then you will not dare to ask questions and investigate.

00:04Now any belief is a stupid thing. Knowing is one thing. Believing is another. These are two separate

00:11dimensions. You must live a life fundamentally free of beliefs themselves. Why believe when you

00:18can know? What do you do in your labs? You believe or do you experiment? Do you test? So why can't

00:23you have the same approach the entire life for everything that life brings to you? Why can't you

00:29ask questions? Why can't you impartially observe? Why do you just need to suspend your faculty

00:35to know in order to be religious? Real religiosity lies in deep curiosity, a deep sense of inquiry.