Labeled a ‘Bad Girl’? || Acharya Prashant

Full Video: Loved ones hurt by your decisions? || Acharya Prashant, Sir J.J. College, Mumbai (2022)

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00:00Namaste Sir, my question is to you that, I am scared that my friends will call me bad

00:06girl if I say no to them, kindly guide me, thank you.

00:10You will not become a bad girl if you oppose nonsense.

00:15And nonsense is nonsense, irrespective of where it comes from.

00:20If it comes from within your own mind, it is still nonsense.

00:24Learn to slap yourself hard, why should we not?

00:28Useless feelings, random thoughts, don't they just come and possess you from within?

00:35Please tell me, does that happen or not?

00:37When that happens, don't be afraid of saying no.

00:43And now you are saying no to yourself, so learn to say no to yourself.

00:47And when you say no to yourself, you find it's not very difficult to say no to others,

00:53irrespective of how deeply they are related to you.