Beyond Goals: Being Present in Daily Responsibilities || Acharya Prashant (2023)

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00:00There be goals. Goals are not an issue.

00:03But the goals should not carry meanings.

00:06Financial, physical, sustenance, that's all, going to the gym.

00:10The goal has to be a meaningless goal.

00:13But if you'll start looking for meaning in this shop,

00:16all you will get is a lot of disappointment.

00:19Life is a meaningless affair,

00:21which means that meaning, if any, is contained within life,

00:25not in the objects of life.

00:30Hello, sir.

00:31So, in that you said that just look without looking for anything.

00:37So, I can understand a little bit of it

00:40because even Krishnamurti keep on saying this thing time and again

00:44that just look without giving any name to the drish that you are looking at.

00:53But when I implement this thing in my day-to-day life,

00:57I can't see my day without looking for any motive.

01:02So, tomorrow is Monday if I wake up tomorrow

01:05and as soon as I'll gain my consciousness,

01:10I have many motives in front of me, right?

01:13I need to log in for my office.

01:15I need to cook breakfast.

01:16I need to go outside for gym.

01:19So, how can I just look without having any motive in my day-to-day life?

01:24When we talked of that, we said that let there be goals.

01:31Goals are not an issue.

01:34But the goals should not carry meanings.

01:39The meaning either lies nowhere at all

01:43or you could say the meaning lies in the game,

01:46not in the goal.

01:47So, in your day-to-day life practically,

01:51obviously you will have these goals.

01:53You have to go to your workplace.

01:54You have to go to this thing, that thing.

01:56Fine.

01:57Those goals are there.

01:59But you have to remember that ultimately going to your workplace

02:01yields you nothing.

02:03Maybe financial, physical, sustenance, that's all.

02:06Going to the gym,

02:06in the final sense yields you nothing.

02:09So, the illusion of meaning

02:14has to be destroyed.

02:20The ego will otherwise keep looking for meaning

02:23where there can be no meaning.

02:26And in that lies a lot of suffering.

02:29So, there is a goal, alright.

02:33There is a goal.

02:33But the goal,

02:35and this might sound strange,

02:37but I will try to understand.

02:39The goal has to be a meaningless goal.

02:43And when I say meaningless,

02:45I mean desireless.

02:47There can be,

02:49there can be

02:50no desire as such towards the goal.

02:54No fulfillment is possible from the goal.

02:56If the goal is achieved,

02:59your inner state remains one way.

03:03If the goal is not achieved,

03:05even then your inner state must remain the same way.

03:09The fun must lie in the game,

03:12not in the goal.

03:15Are you getting it?

03:17Obviously, one has a goal.

03:19There are so many people attending this session.

03:21I travel to this place for this session.

03:24So, there are goals of that kind.

03:26The problem is when

03:29we attach

03:33unreasonable meanings to those goals.

03:39Then,

03:41as Shri Krishna said today,

03:44pleasure becomes happiness.

03:46then that which is not possible from a thing.

03:57The thing starts standing for that.

04:00And then there will be a lot of disappointment and heartbreak.

04:03You want to go to that shop,

04:07go there.

04:08Fine.

04:09And we all go to shops every day.

04:11You want to go to that shop,

04:12go there.

04:13But,

04:13you should not expect to purchase meaning there.

04:18Because there is no meaning there.

04:19There is just the shop.

04:20You go to the shop,

04:21you want something,

04:21you want some,

04:22some washing powder.

04:24Get washing powder on the shop.

04:26All right.

04:26Finished.

04:29There can be no meaning there.

04:30And the world is a mega shop.

04:33There are things there.

04:34But if you will start looking for meaning in this shop,

04:38all you will get is a lot of disappointment.

04:44Unfortunately,

04:45even when we get disappointment,

04:48we do not get disillusionment.

04:50So,

04:51in spite of the disappointment,

04:53the illusion continues.

04:55Which is,

04:56which is quite strange.

04:59So many disappointments,

05:00yet the illusion continues.

05:01Nobody is disillusioned ever.

05:02You will meet people and say,

05:05oh,

05:05I am so disappointed.

05:06But you will never meet someone who will say,

05:08now I am

05:08disillusioned.

05:10People are never disillusioned.

05:12So,

05:12they think,

05:12you know,

05:13the meaning that they wanted

05:14was not available in one particular shop.

05:18So,

05:18they will rush to the

05:19next shop.

05:21There is no meaning

05:22anywhere.

05:23It does not mean anything.

05:25Life is a meaningless affair.

05:28Which means that

05:29meaning,

05:30if any,

05:30is contained within life.

05:32Not in the objects of life.

05:37You must understand that

05:38life ultimately

05:39is just a meaningless thing.

05:42You might drop dead tomorrow.

05:43Tell me,

05:44what is the meaning of life?

05:47Covid came and so many,

05:48several lakhs,

05:49millions perished.

05:50What is the meaning of life?

05:51Please tell me.

05:53Is there any meaning to life?

05:54There is no meaning to life.

05:55Life is random.

05:56No meaning there.

05:57And equally,

06:01it can be said that

06:02meaning lies

06:03within the living one.

06:06It does not lie

06:08in the objects of life.

06:11Things happen,

06:12events happen,

06:13there is no meaning there.

06:15Look at them with equanimity.

06:16Yeah,

06:16things are happening.

06:17What is happening?

06:18Things are happening.

06:19No meaning.

06:19So something happened

06:22and then somebody says,

06:23what does that mean?

06:24Oh,

06:24nothing.

06:26I lost 10 lakh rupees.

06:28Ah,

06:28what does that mean?

06:30Nothing.

06:31The loss is real.

06:33The meaning is not.

06:35The loss is real.

06:36It will reflect in your bank statement.

06:38You lost 10 lakh rupees.

06:40But is there any meaning to that?

06:41No,

06:41there is no meaning.

06:42No meaning.

06:43Will you file a complaint now?

06:47Obviously you must.

06:49Will you try to recover it

06:50with the bank?

06:51Obviously you must.

06:52But even if you recover it,

06:53is there some meaning?

06:55No.

06:55So play the game.

06:58Let the meaning be there

06:59in the game,

06:59not in the goal.

07:00So I should just remember

07:07that my,

07:09the final motive

07:11or final desire

07:12of my inner self

07:13is just to destroy

07:14my inner bondages,

07:15right?

07:16So whatever

07:16I am doing outside,

07:19if that is

07:19helping me with that,

07:22then that is my

07:23correct action.

07:24Otherwise,

07:25any other action

07:25doesn't make sense.

07:30Yes,

07:31if you can identify

07:32your inner bondages,

07:33obviously

07:33there will be

07:36an impetus

07:36to challenge them

07:38and get rid of them

07:38and that's

07:39all,

07:40all very nice.

07:48Okay.

07:49I got the answer.

07:50So,

07:51while writing down

07:52the notes,

07:52I have written

07:54one statement

07:54that death

07:56is an imagination

07:57for the ego.

07:59So,

07:59I can relate

08:03that death

08:04is an imagination

08:05for me.

08:05My death

08:06is an imagination

08:07for me,

08:07right?

08:08Because when I'll die,

08:10experience is no more

08:11there to experience

08:12the thing,

08:13right?

08:13But death

08:15in general

08:15is not an imagination

08:16for me

08:17because I can see

08:18the other person

08:20dying.

08:21I can,

08:21if I take example

08:22of you or me

08:23in this situation,

08:25then death,

08:26my death

08:27can be an imagination

08:28for me,

08:28but your death

08:29can't be an imagination

08:30for me.

08:31I can see you going.

08:33How death

08:34is an imagination

08:35in general?

08:36Do you know

08:36what happened

08:37when the man

08:38fell down?

08:42All you can see

08:43is the coconut

08:44falling,

08:44right?

08:46All else

08:47is imagination.

08:51All else

08:52is imagination.

08:52How do you know

08:53what really happened?

08:56And if

08:56you do not know

08:57what really happened,

08:58your definition

08:59of death

09:00will be limited

09:01to the fall

09:03of the coconut?

09:06The body only.

09:08Obviously.

09:11But when,

09:12but when

09:14the ego

09:15thinks

09:16of death,

09:18what is it

09:20scared of?

09:21Reflect on it.

09:22Just the body

09:23dropping?

09:24No.

09:24It is scared

09:27of something

09:27else,

09:28right?

09:28No.

09:31Did you

09:32see that

09:32something else

09:33happening?

09:34No.

09:37What did you

09:37see?

09:38The body

09:39is going.

09:41The body

09:41is dropping.

09:42Now,

09:42the ego

09:43was scared

09:43of death.

09:44And what

09:45the ego

09:46was scared

09:46of was

09:47just not

09:48the body

09:49dropping,

09:49but something

09:50else.

09:53Reflect on

09:53this.

09:53When you

09:54are in

09:54the moments

09:55when you

09:55are scared

09:55of death,

09:57what are

09:57you scared

09:58of?

09:58That the

09:58body will

09:58fall?

09:59Is that

09:59what you

09:59are scared

10:00of?

10:01No.

10:04There is

10:04something else

10:05that you

10:05are scared

10:05of,

10:06right?

10:06Right.

10:08Now,

10:09you see

10:09a man

10:10dying.

10:10Now,

10:14you see

10:14a man

10:14dying.

10:15Have you

10:15seen that

10:16something else

10:17happened to

10:17that man?

10:19No.

10:21You have

10:21just seen

10:22the coconut

10:22fall?

10:24That

10:25something else

10:25is an

10:26imagination.

10:27How do

10:28you know

10:28that something

10:28else has

10:29happened?

10:35So,

10:36whatever

10:37you are

10:37saying,

10:37that ego

10:38is

10:39concerned

10:40with,

10:41ego is

10:42just not

10:43concerned

10:43with the

10:44body,

10:44but

10:44something

10:45else.

10:45Obviously,

10:46and that's

10:46the reason

10:47why the

10:50ego must

10:52weave a

10:53lot of

10:54imaginary

10:54stories,

10:55that when

10:55somebody

10:56dies,

10:57something

10:58from within

10:59flies to

10:59the other

11:00body and

11:00to the

11:00other

11:01universe.

11:02Doesn't

11:02this tell

11:02you that

11:03death is

11:03an

11:03imagination?

11:04Otherwise,

11:04why was

11:05there a

11:05need to

11:06weave all

11:06these

11:06imaginary

11:06stories?

11:09okay,

11:20I got

11:20the answer.

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