Spirituality vs Ghosts || Acharya Prashant

Full Video: Of God and Ghosts || Acharya Prashant, at Goa University (2022)

Transcript

00:00My problem is that my logic doesn't let me believe in God.

00:03But then in the night, if somebody starts talking about ghosts,

00:05I want something God-like near me, like a picture or something.

00:08So I want to know, can spirituality help me fight my phobias?

00:13You believe in ghosts, so to counter that, you start believing in gods.

00:18And then you make it ghosts versus gods in your inner battlefield.

00:21And because you are the referee, you make the gods win.

00:23So that's one way, and that's a tried and tested way.

00:25And that way has actually helped a lot of people.

00:28It's not without reason that those fancy stories continue to hold sway.

00:32So you could use that.

00:33Or you could ask yourself, do I need to counter imagination with imagination?

00:38There is somebody sitting inside me who has no taste for truth,

00:42but has a very fertile imagination.

00:44And that one comes up with all kinds of fancy ideas.

00:47She doesn't remember the idea is her own.

00:50The idea does not absolutely or objectively exist.

00:54The idea is a purely subjective fancy.

00:57It came from me, and you forget that.