Full video: Of God and Ghosts || Acharya Prashant, at Goa University (2022)
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00:00My problem is that my logic doesn't let me believe in God.
00:04But then in the night if somebody starts talking about ghosts,
00:07I want something God-like near me.
00:09You believe in ghosts so to counter that you start believing in gods.
00:15And then you make it ghosts versus gods in your inner battlefield.
00:18And because you are the referee, you make the gods win.
00:21It's not without reason that those fancy stories continue to hold sway.
00:26The way has actually helped a lot of people.
00:28You imagine something and then you let your own imagination terrify you.
00:32And when you feel terrified, you say,
00:34Oh my God, there is a real danger in front of me.
00:37And how do you counter that real danger?
00:39Which obviously is an imaginary thing.
00:42You counter this imaginary reality with another kind of imaginary reality.
00:48Spirituality isn't about God.
00:50Spirituality isn't about believing in anything.
00:53Neither ghosts nor gods.