The Harsh Truth || Acharya Prashant

Full video : Living Without Illusions: A Lesson on Expectations and Reality || Acharya Prashant (2025)

Transcript

00:00Never be surprised when you find somebody acting mean.

00:04We are supposed to act mean.

00:05We hold a totally unrealistic, bloated and very marvellous image of ourselves.

00:11God-man made in his own image.

00:14No, the chimpanzees made us in their own image, obviously.

00:17That's why I love people who expose their meanness, their cruelty, their blind desires without compunction.

00:26The problem is with people who pretend and project goodness.

00:30By the time you hit 15, you should have come to a clear realisation that goodness does not exist by nature.

00:40Nobody is good. You are not good. Others are not good. I am not good. Nobody is good.

00:44Oh, he is talking so negatively. What a pessimistic view he holds of humanity.

00:50I am not pessimistic. I am just realistic.

00:52I am telling you who you really are and then I am inviting you to rise above yourself.