No Need to Control __ Acharya Prashant

Acharya Prashant

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00:00You often say that the focus should be on the actor, not action.

00:03So actually, my main point is that how fair is it to try to control actions?

00:10Is it really right, in a sense, to control actions or not?

00:16There is a car that you find traveling in a zigzag way.

00:21Yes.

00:22Right? As if the car is drunk.

00:24Yeah.

00:26And you look at the wheels.

00:27Yes. And this is the random motion the wheels are displaying.

00:33Yes.

00:34Right?

00:34This is the action that is happening.

00:37Yeah.

00:37Given a chance and authority, what would you rather control, the wheels or the driver?

00:44Who is responsible for this bizarre motion of the car, the wheels or the driver?

00:51It's the driver.

00:52It's the driver.

00:53Yes.

00:53So what should you rather look at, the action or the actor?

00:57Yes.

00:58The actor.

00:59Yes.

00:59But what if you spend all your energy in fighting the wheels?

01:04That's what most people do.

01:07When this car, called the self, called life, is found randomly meandering and colliding, what

01:17do we do?

01:18We start focusing on controlling the action, as you said.

01:24Yeah.

01:25Or let's practice some self-control.

01:29Let's induce some guilt in the brakes.

01:32Why are you not functioning properly?

01:35Will that help?

01:37But that will take away a lot of energy.

01:38Whereas, a much simpler and wiser thing would really help.

01:45Look at the actor, which is the driver, at the steering.

01:50Speak to the actor.

01:52Engage the actor, the driver.

01:54Right?

01:55And then you might find, that without such wasteful expenditure of energy, which goes in

02:04fighting the wheels, you are actually able to do something about the car.

02:12Right?

02:12Go ahead.

02:15Go, go, go.

02:33Go, go, go.

02:35Go, go.

02:37Good job.

02:38Go, go.

02:39Go, go.

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