Full video : Living Without Illusions: A Lesson on Expectations and Reality || Acharya Prashant (2025)
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00:00The fellow is a trillionaire. Therefore, he must be at least a little intelligent.
00:05I have no such compulsions. I do not find it necessary to respect or regard someone
00:12just because he is a prime minister or a charming celebrity or even a most revered religious leader.
00:19Since I do not anyway expect them to behave sanely,
00:23therefore, it does not come to me as a surprise when they behave insanely.
00:28I know in advance that the one who does not respect self-knowledge
00:34is compulsively going to be lunatic irrespective of how intelligent or respectable he looks.
00:43I do not go by their looks, therefore, or the degree or the social position they hold.
00:49There is only one yardstick, only one criterion that I have,
00:54and that is self-knowledge, Atma Jnan.