Respect or Rebel Against Authority? || Acharya Prashant

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00:00I don't like being told. I also don't like taking any form of authority.

00:06See, it's alright. It's a great thing to not to be submissive to authority.

00:11I've been exactly this kind of person.

00:15One doesn't needlessly bow down because that would be detrimental to one's interests.

00:23If I'm submissive, that would hurt me.

00:25Hurt me not in the sense of feelings, but in the sense of my real interests.

00:31Nevertheless, I do need to learn.

00:33We all know how limited we are beyond a point.

00:37And when we come to that point, it becomes obvious that one needs to look beyond herself.

00:43That one needs to seek help.

00:45And it's not, mind you, an admission of your powerlessness.

00:49It is just an expansion of your power boundary.