Desire to be the best || Acharya Prashant

Full video: For those who want freedom || Acharya Prashant, International Psychology Summit (2023)

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00:00I want to be the best person in this field.

00:03So, it is a desire and my life won't have any meaning without it.

00:07The thing is to have a sane desire.

00:09I am sick. My desire should be for a doctor.

00:13Not a dancer. Not a joker.

00:16So, desire the right thing.

00:18Desire the right thing and have an intense desire for the right thing.

00:23Wisdom is not about being desireless in the first go itself. No.

00:28We all rather need desire.

00:30But we need desire that proves good.

00:34That's of some utility.

00:36If your desire ends up troubling you all the more,

00:39what good is the desire?

00:41You can be a slave to the desire if it's the right desire.

00:44In fact, you must be a slave to the right desire.

00:47Desire rightly and immerse yourself totally in your desire.

00:51Give yourself up. Surrender.