All addictions vanish when this happens || Acharya Prashant, at Mithibai College Mumbai (2022)

Acharya Prashant

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00:00Namaste, sir. My name is Vibhamishra. I am for FYGC Arts. Basically, my question is,

00:12in this teenage years, how do we avoid social events like bad addiction and bad activities

00:17which exist in society and just focus on our goal?

00:22For that, the goal has to be alluring enough. Thank you.

00:27The goal has to be captivating enough. And then all kinds of addictions and wastage of

00:36time, energy, effort, money, that will just not happen on its own. Tell me, when you are

00:45doing something really meaningful, do you find you have the inclination to just get

00:53up and go elsewhere and waste time? Does that happen? That doesn't happen.

01:01How many of you play cricket, for example? Today we had a swashbuckling innings by one

01:08of the players, so cricket. So how many of you bat? How many of you bowl? Has it happened

01:18that in the middle of your run-up, you have stopped, taken out your mobile and ordered

01:24a pizza? Has it happened? Or the bowler is coming at you and you say, please stop. I

01:37want to gossip with the wicket-keeper. Has that happened? Why does that not happen? Why

01:46does that not happen? Because you are in attention, out of your own volition. You know what is

02:01happening, you are in the game and you love being in the game. Nothing else is on your

02:07mind and that's the best way of living, is it not? One thing and nothing else on your

02:15mind. Could we be on the crease forever as the batsmen? Wow! Unfortunately, life gets

02:21us out every time. Some wicked yorker and the stumps are shattered and we have to return

02:29to the pavilion. And what happens in the pavilion? All kinds of distractions now. All kinds

02:37of… and somebody is ready for a fight and somebody is sleeping too much, somebody is

02:43eating too much, somebody is smoking too much, this, that, somebody is gambling too much.

02:49Now all kinds of things can happen. But nothing of that sort will happen when you have the

02:55ball or the bat in your hand. Why not continuously be on the crease? I am asking you. Please.

03:06Same applies to all kinds of sports. Cracket sports, tennis, badminton. In the middle of

03:13a badminton rally, how many of you have stopped to scratch your back? Please stop and you

03:21have ordered the shuttle to just keep hanging there. You know I need to scratch my back

03:27a bit. Yes, shuttle. Does that happen? Why can't we forever be in the middle of a rally?

03:38That's what life actually is, by the way. It's a rally. It's a rally between you and

03:46the one called Maya. You can also call her life itself. How do you find time to be distracted?

04:00You are losing all the points if you are getting distracted. Are you not? Temptations, addictions,

04:12none of these can be avoided if you do not have a great central purpose in life to love.

04:22Never be spread out, scattered, always be concentrated densely at one place. There is

04:43just one thing. The wise ones from all places, all times and all streams have always talked

04:52of the one, one, one. Keep spirituality apart. That oneness, that unification is the central

05:02thing in life. Have some one thing and forget everything else. You will say, but how do I

05:17identify that one thing? Keep trying out. Let life be a continuous movement towards that one

05:25thing. If you cannot concentrate on that one thing, then concentrate on getting that one thing.

05:34Always believe that you are destined to be the highest and to reach the greatest spot possible.

05:49Therefore, never settle down. Always keep asking yourself, how do I evolve? How do I learn? How do

05:57I be better? How do I move on? No place is your final destination. Are you getting it? And when

06:09you have your eyes firmly set on greatness, then all kinds of distraction will appear very kiddish.

06:20It's like we are talking to each other and one among you is looking around for lollipops. Is

06:31that likely to happen? Something extremely important and very engaging is going on. And one

06:40of you is looking around. Does somebody have Hajmola? Is that likely to happen? No. But all our

06:53lives that's what we are doing, looking around for lollipop, Hajmola, something. Because we don't

07:00engage life enough. Don't live on the surface of life. Dive deep into it. When you do something,

07:08get into it. When you read, read fully. Get into what is being said. Don't just turn pages and

07:18complete formalities. When you listen, listen deeply. Be fully present. Keep everything else

07:25aside. Just listen. What's happening? What's really happening? Turn this into a habit. When I

07:33listen, I listen. When I play, I play my heart out. I don't care for injuries. I don't care for

07:43victory either. I just play my heart out. Then all the trivia and trash that surround the usual life,

07:56you will find they are very distant. Yes.

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