00:00Namaskar Acharya Ji. So everything is dead and everything are basically molecules that are just in a default arrangement.
00:13So can we say that Prakriti has induced us into a falseness that there are these biological senses and these compulsions that we have?
00:29Of our emotions? So does observing these emotions and observing these compulsions and avoiding them, is that a first way to move towards being truly alive?
00:44Yes, observe them. But without blaming Prakriti or anybody, nobody has brought you to this condition.
00:54You wanted to exist, therefore you gave yourself a condition. Anything that exists, exists in some condition, right?
01:06So you want to exist, so sometimes you give yourself a good condition, sometimes a bad condition.
01:13Just observe.
01:18Is that the entire purpose of life is to just observe and then not be like just swayed away by it?
01:31The ego does not need an entire purpose of life. It's so much in pain and so full of immediate distress that it's enough for it to pay attention to its immediate surroundings.
01:52And the most immediate to the ego is itself. So words like ultimate mean nothing to the ego. The ego is like a patient on ventilator.
02:07If you talk about life after 10 years to somebody who is on ventilator assuming that he is able to talk, it's quite meaningless.
02:20That fellow is looking forward to the next one hour. Will I see the next day? Will I survive the next hour? That's the ego. So much in distress that even the next one hour is difficult to predict or see through or navigate.
02:41It's fascinating how all this relates to evolutionary biology, like so much of it.
03:00You cannot appreciate Sankhyog if you do not appreciate evolution.
03:10Entire Sankhyog is evolutionary. But unfortunately, so much of religion has been about creation, not evolution.
03:25Religion says man came through a process of creation. And who was the creator? Some God.
03:35Now the fact is in Sankhyog, there is really no place for any God. You call it one of the Astik Darshans.
03:43But in reality, in the Darshan itself, there is no God. There is no God in Sankhyog. And there can be no God in Sankhyog because Sankhyog is continuously about evolution.
04:00If things are evolving, how can there be a creator? If one thing evolves into another thing, show me where is the creator then?
04:10When you say creation, you mean there is somebody who just made this thing into what it is.
04:16But the fact is that the thing did not become what it is in one go, in one stroke.
04:23It has continuously been evolving. So that's the great contribution of Sankhyog.
04:33And that's also what Yog borrows from Sankhy. That's also what Vedanta owes to Sankhy. That's also what Buddhism owes to Sankhy.
04:48The thing that entire existence is a flow. Everything is a process. Everything is ever changing. That's Sankhy.
05:01And the very common tripartite division of Prakriti into Sat, Raj and Tam. Today we take that as common place. But all that comes from Sankhy.
05:14So yes, that's the reason why I continuously say evolutionary biology is so important.
05:26When I say evolutionary biology is important, actually what I'm saying is Sankhyog is important.
05:31But if I just say Sankhyog, you know, this generation might not appreciate that. So I say evolutionary biology.
05:44So my question revolves around the statement that you said that we all actually don't exist.
05:58And even our consciousness is also false. And if I look at Arjun at that moment, then even Arjun is being driven by his bodily tendencies only. So even he is dead, right?
06:13So to whom Shri Krishna is reaching at that moment. So what is still alive inside Arjun at that moment, even after being dead inside out?
06:25The dead man walking is the dead man suffering. He needs to be cremated. That's what the instruction is all about. You are already dead. Why do you continue to walk and suffer?
06:40Let's put you to rest. Let's put you to rest. Let's cremate you. That's the Bhagavad Gita.
06:47The ego is the dead man walking. Dead, still suffering. Rather suffering exactly because it is dead. So that's a delicate thing to appreciate.
07:05You are not. Yet you insist that you must be. You forcefully insist that you must be. And in that you create yourself.
07:15But your creation is needless. Therefore you suffer. It's like a car already packed. Full of 5 passengers. And those 5 are sufficient.
07:32They can deliver the goods. They can deliver the goods. There is a nice network. A perfect equilibrium. That those 5 passengers or 5 elements.
07:46Very ably serve. Then a 6th one tries to barge in. He says I must fit in. I must fit in. I am needed.
07:57Now this 6th one is outside Prakrati. But he forcefully enters the car. What does he do? He creates suffering. He is not needed. He is coming in. And he creates suffering.
08:11Everything. Everything is proceeding very nicely. And then something happens. An unwanted intrusion. That's what the ego is about.
08:30A needless thing. And therefore a thing that causes suffering. Obviously only to itself. We said today that it's a belief. And I am fond of often saying the ego is the most fundamental superstition. So it's a thing of the mind.
08:52You remember the Abrahamic story. About the origin of everything. So there is God. And there is Adam. And to give Adam some company there is Eve. And that's Prakrati. Adam, Eve and the great garden.
09:13And they are just roaming about happily. And God has instructed them there is that particular tree. And there is that apple. Do not take that apple. And that's the apple of knowledge. And then this mischievous snake comes and says you know there is a special apple that God is probably reserving for himself and you must have.
09:42So it was needless. So it was needless. Needless knowledge is ego. And it results in suffering. That which you need not know. But in a spell of mischief. You start knowing. That's ego. What is that needless knowledge? Belief. Useless knowledge. Needless knowledge. Just superstition. Something that you should have never believed in.
10:10But now you have taken it in. But now you have taken it in. But now you have taken it in. Now you have taken it in. And it cannot be just ejected out. So God says now that the two of you have done this. Alright. Go to earth.
10:24And breed kids. And breed kids. And breed kids. And you know the entire humanity will proceed from there. And these two were really in a state of bliss. Sahajata. Sahajata. Ego less Sahajata. These two were in an ego less Sahajata.
10:42Sahajata. You know it is said that the moment. They ate the apple. They became conscious of the I. Which is called self consciousness. Conscious of the I. Self conscious. So what did they do? They covered their genitals.
11:02They became self conscious. Conscious of the I. Because the I sprung up. There was no I. That false belief gave them the I. So they became self conscious. So they covered their body parts.
11:19They covered their body parts. They covered their body parts. And then God banished them from the garden of bliss. He said you go now. You go out. You have defiled your own prakritic purity. You have violated my instruction. There was no need. You go.
11:41So needless. So needless. Everything is alright. Everything is already alright. And the ego comes and says no something extra is needed. The ego is the fifth person in the car. Somebody extra. Who is not needed at all. The ego is a kind of overpopulation.
12:04Tonight itself. Tonight itself I have like got. We can publish a mini book. Of the number of definitions we have accorded the ego. Yes.
12:21So sir what we call as consciousness is also a part of my ego itself.
12:26So what you call as consciousness is just material reactivity. When you say you are conscious of something. You are just reacting to that thing.
12:41It's like we said. Iron being conscious of the magnet. Just as iron. Experiences the magnet. Similarly we experience the world. In very very predictable and pattern based ways.
13:02There is no real wisdom or realization in that. And the test of that is. Iron cannot. Not react to the magnet.
13:18Iron cannot. Not react to the magnet. And that's what is called compulsive reactiveness.
13:27Man cannot. Not react to the abuses.
13:32Woman cannot. Not react to the man.
13:37That's a compulsive magnet and iron relationship.
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