Motivation Won’t Change Your Life — This Will || Acharya Prashant (2025) - video Dailymotion

Acharya Prashant

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00:00I wanted to know how can an individual live a life without seeking validation or recognition

00:06from an authoritative figure, especially when it has been withheld in the past?

00:11An external authority or an external discipline is needed only because we lack

00:17there is a higher self within and there is a lower self within.

00:24The lower self says, keep sleeping even through the moments that call you to accept the challenge.

00:33The higher self says, if the challenge is worth it, accept it.

00:37That's the higher self.

00:38Why did I have to bring it to a point where somebody else had to get in and remind me?

00:45Why do I need an external authority?

00:47And if the external authority had to step in, that's not a fault of that authority.

00:52That's my fault.

00:54What you do not want is an external authority.

00:57It's not that you do not want an authority at all.

01:00Let your best discretion be the authority.

01:04How about that?

01:08Rafalam sir, I'm Divyanshi.

01:11I wanted to know how can an individual live a life without seeking validation or recognition

01:17from an authoritative figure, especially when it has been withheld in the past?

01:24No, authority is needed, yes.

01:27Let me reframe the question and then tell me whether I have rightly done so.

01:33What you do not want is an external authority.

01:36It's not that you do not want an authority at all.

01:41What is problematic is an external authority.

01:48Let your best discretion be the authority.

01:52How about that?

01:56Because internally, we are not one being, right?

02:00Have you seen?

02:01One part of you wants to play mischief.

02:05One part of you wants to say, no, what's the point in completing the assignment?

02:09Let me copy it from somewhere.

02:10What's the point in waking up and setting up the alarm and preparing for the exam?

02:17Let me just sleep through it.

02:19It's fine, you know.

02:21That's one part.

02:22And then the other part says, no.

02:24No.

02:25So, there is a higher self within.

02:30There is a higher self within.

02:32And there is a lower self within.

02:35The lower self says, keep sleeping even through the moments that beckon you,

02:46that call you to accept the challenge.

02:48That's the lower self.

02:51Right?

02:51The higher self says, don't worry about the damage you will suffer.

02:56If the challenge is worth it, accept it.

02:59That's the higher self.

03:01Let the higher self be the authority.

03:04And when you have the right authority within yourself,

03:08then you do not require somebody outside of yourself to be the authority.

03:14An external authority or an external discipline

03:18is needed only because we lack internal authority and internal discipline.

03:25Then the external authority comes and says, you be disciplined, you move this way,

03:28you follow this schedule, you stick to this deadline.

03:32That's what the external authority does.

03:34Right?

03:34Sets do's and don'ts.

03:37Operation manuals.

03:40Right?

03:40Codes of conduct.

03:41That's what the external authority does and says, you'll have to take validation from me.

03:47I'll authorize, I'll approve, I'll permit.

03:53All these things can be done by the internal authority also.

03:59The punishment for not having an internal authority is that you'll have to tolerate an external authority.

04:05Do you want to tolerate that?

04:08Then be your own strictest authority.

04:24You see, there are two kinds of people.

04:26One, those who are not doing what they should.

04:36Those who are not doing what they should.

04:39And when the external authority chastises them,

04:44or reminds them, occasionally rebukes them,

04:48then they feel angry at the external authority.

04:53Now, you are not doing what you should anyway be doing.

04:58And somebody comes and tells you,

05:00this is what you must be doing.

05:01This is in your own interest.

05:04If you do this, you'll be a better person.

05:07And who do you get angry at?

05:09The external one.

05:10This is one kind of.

05:12The other kind,

05:13I'm not doing what I should.

05:15And the external one comes

05:17and reminds me

05:19or admonishes me.

05:24I get angry at myself

05:26and I feel gratitude for him.

05:32The situation is inverted now.

05:34Do you understand that?

05:36I get angry at myself.

05:37Why did I have to bring it to a point

05:40where somebody else had to get in and remind me?

05:44This is something that I should be doing on my own.

05:48Why do I need an external authority?

05:50And if the external authority had to step in,

05:53that's not a fault of that authority.

05:56That's my fault.

05:57Because I should have been doing

05:59without needing any reminders,

06:02without needing any stimulation,

06:04without needing any encouragement

06:06to do what I must.

06:08But most of us

06:09lack this mustness in life.

06:13All we have is petty desires

06:14or flow of the past,

06:16flow of habits.

06:17I've not been doing this since two years,

06:19so I won't do this today either.

06:22That doesn't even sound good.

06:24How can it feel good while doing?

06:27So when you find yourself

06:31being disciplined by an external authority,

06:36ask yourself,

06:38what did I do to deserve this?

06:42Don't get angry at that one.

06:45In fact, thank that one.

06:47And that source,

06:49that authority deserves to be thanked.

06:51Because that one has come to tell you

06:53what you must do.

06:54So thank that one,

06:55but internally

06:57make a promise

06:58to yourself.

06:59Next time,

07:00I should not need this person.

07:02This time,

07:03he had to step in

07:04and I duly thanked him

07:06or her,

07:07whatever.

07:08Right?

07:09This time,

07:10this fellow had to intervene

07:11and I thank him for that.

07:13But I commit to myself

07:15that next time,

07:16I will not need this person.

07:17If it's my life,

07:19then it's my responsibility.

07:23If it's my life,

07:24then I have to be the authority.

07:27I'll be the king

07:28and the queen of my life

07:29because it's

07:30my life.

07:32Why should I need somebody

07:33to discipline me?

07:35Right?

07:35Yeah.

07:35Good afternoon, sir.

07:44I'm Siddhi Deshwal.

07:45I am in 11th grade right now.

07:47And first of all,

07:48your words,

07:48they truly inspired me.

07:49My mother is a big follower of yours,

07:51so she's told me a lot about you.

07:53One thing which I really wanted to know

07:55is that we're all 11th and 12th graders

07:57and we all have like,

07:59we all have to deal with failures,

08:00setbacks,

08:01we have to deal with

08:02external responsibilities,

08:04distractions and whatnot.

08:06So,

08:08the Gita,

08:08it's not just a religious book,

08:10it's also a life coach.

08:11So,

08:12any verses in it

08:13or any advice from it

08:14which you would like to explain to us

08:16which helps us deal with that

08:17specifically?

08:20Ignore the

08:21random noises.

08:24Choose the right war.

08:25and then

08:27give yourself

08:28fully to it.

08:36There would be

08:37random provocations,

08:40insinuations,

08:44stimulations,

08:45something pricks from here,

08:47somebody pokes from there.

08:49All those petty things

08:51are to be ignored.

08:54And then you'll be

08:55in a position

08:56to pick

08:57only the right war

08:58for yourself.

09:01The right war.

09:02That's all.

09:04You cannot have

09:05a war

09:06on a thousand fronts.

09:08That's not possible.

09:09You have to ignore

09:11the 999

09:12trivial fronts.

09:14Choose the one thing

09:16that's worth doing

09:16in life.

09:18And then allow yourself

09:19to be fully immersed in it.

09:21Totally immersed in it.

09:23That's what

09:23Shri Krishna is telling

09:24Arjuna.

09:24Now fight.

09:26You have lived

09:27all your life

09:28only to come

09:29to this point.

09:30Now you can't

09:31run away.

09:32Fight.

09:32This is the right battle.

09:35And this is not

09:36something you can

09:36abscond from.

09:39And please remember

09:41Arjuna fought

09:42so many wars

09:43in his life.

09:44The Gita

09:47was not delivered.

09:49The Gita

09:49was not delivered.

09:53The Gita

09:54came to Arjuna

09:55only when

09:56it was the moment

09:58of the highest

09:59battle.

10:01You'll have to

10:02choose the highest

10:03battle for yourself

10:04and then you'll have

10:05Krishna and Gita

10:06for yourself.

10:06If you are

10:13involved in all

10:14kinds of

10:15trivial engagements

10:16locking horns

10:18with this one

10:19brushing shoulders

10:21against that one

10:22you know

10:24getting irritated

10:25by

10:26that one

10:28oh that one

10:29drugged me

10:29the wrong way.

10:32The Gita

10:33is not for

10:34these things.

10:35you need to

10:36have a battle

10:37worthy enough

10:38and then

10:40you'll have

10:41a life

10:42great enough.

10:44Yeah.

10:46Thank you so much.

Motivation Won’t Change Your Life — This Will || Acharya Prashant (2025)

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