Full video : Living Without Illusions: A Lesson on Expectations and Reality || Acharya Prashant (2025)
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00:00A billionaire must be a terribly happy man. Why do you assume that?
00:04You assume that because money gives happiness to you.
00:07Just that you do not realize the nature of that happiness.
00:10So you think you have a little bit of money, so you are a little bit somewhat happy.
00:14And that fellow has so much money, so he must be like infinitely happy.
00:17And then you see that the fellow is acting all mean and petty in the worst way possible.
00:24And you are shocked. But you know, he has so much.
00:27Why is he still acting in ways that would destroy the planet? Why?
00:31The one who does not respect self-knowledge is compulsively going to be lunatic irrespective of how intelligent or respectable he looks.