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00:00Many young people today use toxic substance, not out of pleasure, but as a way to cope up with their emptiness, pressure and loneliness.
00:08So where does the urge to consume drugs come from?
00:13It surely does not come from a point of fulfillment, joy, right?
00:18When you are just not okay with yourself and you also don't know the way out.
00:23That's when you somehow want to get out of that experience and that's when booze or drugs come in.
00:32That's what makes us drink, right?
00:34Fear, loneliness, random gloom, heartbreak, something.
00:40Friend ran away with girlfriend, somebody else got a fatter package.
00:45Get drunk, spend money, vomit around, spit abuses, get suspended or rusticated.
00:52Temporarily bask in all the nonsense and yet the next morning the problem is still there and your situation is back to usual.
01:02Are you left with a solution or a hangover?
01:06That's the thing.
01:08What can the bottle do?
01:09It's just it.
01:22Namaste achare ji.
01:45First of all, a warm welcome to IIT Guati from all the fellow faculties and the colleagues.
01:51My question is, many young people today use toxic substance not out of pleasure but as a way to cope up with their emptiness, pressure and loneliness.
02:02So, how is it affecting someone's inner mental peace and how we can break out from this independence on these substances?
02:10The problem is really not so much moral and ethical.
02:26The problem has a physiological dimension but even that might not be too significant.
02:34A young man engaging in substance abuse or a young woman for that matter, you may continue to be on some kind of narcotics for decades
02:54and still remained almost healthy physically.
02:59So, it's not about ethics or anatomy.
03:08It's about efficacy.
03:14When you do something, you want a result out of it.
03:18You know, only then do you say that the act has been effective.
03:24Right?
03:25Effective.
03:27And as human beings with limited energy and limited time spans,
03:32you don't want to be wasting yourself on something that does not produce satisfactory effect.
03:43Right?
03:43So, where does the urge to consume drugs come from?
03:57It surely does not come from a point of fulfillment, joy.
04:05Right?
04:05When the world is alright within you,
04:13that's not obviously the moment you feel like giving up on consciousness.
04:23Do you?
04:25That's not the moment you feel like passing out either.
04:30That's the moment when what is, is just satisfactory.
04:41Life is already good.
04:44Why would you drown out your consciousness?
04:49You would rather want to be alive in the experience, no?
04:56It's already alright within.
04:58Why would I want to shift consciousness in a way
05:03where experience becomes hazed,
05:09unclear,
05:11incoherent?
05:14I will not want that.
05:17So, what's the inner state that demands intoxication?
05:22When you are just not okay with yourself?
05:31Hmm?
05:32And you also don't know the way out.
05:36Right?
05:38That's when you somehow want to get out of that experience.
05:44It's like closing a book because you can't solve a problem written there.
05:59The book is consciousness.
06:06The book has a problem.
06:09The consciousness has a complex.
06:12But I don't have insight, so I can't see through.
06:15There is entanglement.
06:20I can't sort it out.
06:23Now, instead of
06:24trying to
06:26honestly see what's going on,
06:30I rather decide
06:31to just shut the damn thing.
06:35Have you done that sometimes?
06:37Hmm?
06:37The book is open in front of you.
06:40Or there is an assignment to be completed and submitted.
06:45But because you find you are not up to it,
06:49what do you do?
06:53The closing of the book
06:54and the closure of consciousness
06:56are much the same in spirit.
07:01But the book has secrets to reveal.
07:03And solving problems
07:07builds your inner stamina.
07:10Right?
07:11We forego all of that
07:12just because we can't stay put.
07:16Just because we are not
07:17displaying enough
07:18patience and tenacity.
07:21Same thing with consciousness.
07:25There is something within which is
07:27demanding your attention,
07:29which is demanding insight,
07:30which is demanding empathy.
07:33That's the moment
07:35to attend to yourself.
07:37That's the moment
07:37to look into the mirror.
07:41But instead of
07:43being more attentive,
07:45which requires courage,
07:46which requires honesty,
07:50we sometimes choose
07:52to just break the mirror.
07:54So that it ceases
07:56to reflect
07:58even the little
08:00it was doing
08:03till now.
08:06The mirror might be
08:07coated with dirt.
08:08That's fine.
08:09But that does not mean
08:10that you shatter the mirror.
08:12What do you do?
08:13You wipe away the dirt.
08:15Don't you?
08:17You understand this?
08:18First of all,
08:19it has to be understood
08:20that
08:21drinking or drugs
08:23are inadequate
08:26answers
08:27to a real problem.
08:31Inadequate
08:32and ineffective.
08:34Therefore,
08:34I said it's not about
08:35ethics,
08:36it's about efficacy.
08:41Morally,
08:42there is no problem.
08:43You drink,
08:44you dance,
08:45whatever you want to do,
08:46fine.
08:46I mean,
08:48what right
08:49does anybody have
08:50to interfere
08:50or stop you?
08:52Except if you are
08:53causing harm
08:53to someone,
08:54that's fine.
08:55For that there are
08:56laws and legalities,
08:57that's fine,
08:58that will stop you.
09:01We are not
09:02talking of all that.
09:03We are talking
09:04of the inner void.
09:08What happens
09:09the next morning?
09:11Is the
09:15inner situation
09:16solved?
09:18Are you left
09:19with a solution
09:20or a hangover?
09:23That's the thing.
09:26You are
09:27left at a point
09:28same as before,
09:30sometimes
09:31worse than before.
09:37All that you have
09:39is memories
09:42of an
09:43ineffective
09:44and rather
09:45cowardly
09:46escape
09:47that lasted
09:48no more than
09:48a night.
09:51Is it
09:52possible to
09:52get drunk
09:53and remain
09:54drunk?
09:57Unfortunately,
09:58you will have
09:58to return
09:58to senses.
10:01Are it
10:02possible
10:02to get
10:04permanently
10:05drunk?
10:06Maybe
10:07we could
10:07consider that
10:08situation.
10:09But that's
10:10not going
10:11to be
10:11possible,
10:11right?
10:13Get drunk,
10:13spend money,
10:15vomit around,
10:17spit abuses,
10:20engage in
10:21all kinds
10:21of foolhardy
10:22behavior,
10:25plunk
10:26horses,
10:27get suspended
10:28or rusticated,
10:32temporarily
10:34bask in
10:35all the
10:35nonsense
10:36and yet
10:37the next
10:37morning
10:38yet the
10:40next morning
10:40the problem
10:42is still
10:43there and
10:44your situation
10:44is back
10:45to usual
10:46and what
10:47you find
10:48around
10:48yourself
10:49is
10:51a
10:52shattered
10:55bottle,
10:58a
10:59tumbler
11:01that has
11:01actually
11:02tumbled
11:02random smell
11:07that nobody
11:09can like
11:10and sometimes
11:13a long
11:14bill to foot
11:15right?
11:20And he'll
11:21come and say
11:22you know you
11:22ordered so much
11:23and you'll say I
11:23don't even remember
11:24when I ordered so
11:25much.
11:26Why do I have to
11:26pay for it?
11:28But you have to.
11:29It does not
11:33solve anything.
11:37The respite
11:38is extremely
11:39temporary.
11:44But we do
11:45get some
11:47respite at least.
11:50So what's the
11:51problem?
11:51The problem
11:51is that we
11:52deserve better.
11:53The problem
11:56is that we
11:57are more
11:57powerful than
11:58that.
12:00The problem
12:01is that this
12:02kind of an
12:03escape was
12:04never necessary
12:05in the first
12:06place.
12:09Again,
12:10no moral
12:11problem here.
12:14The issue
12:15is of
12:15dignity.
12:17I could
12:18have fought
12:19the battle
12:19in the real
12:21sense.
12:22on the real
12:23battlefield.
12:25Instead,
12:26I chose
12:27to get
12:27drunk and
12:28pass out.
12:33That's not
12:34a warrior.
12:36That's not
12:37a true
12:37human being.
12:40That's not
12:41dignity.
12:41That's not
12:41someone who
12:42would enjoy
12:43facing himself
12:44in the mirror.
12:50Are you
12:50getting it?
12:52instead of
12:52going for
12:53a superficial
12:54and temporary
12:54solution,
12:55why not
12:56go to the
12:57root of
12:58the situation
12:58and figure
13:00out how
13:01the situation
13:02turned into
13:03a problem?
13:03What is it
13:09within
13:09that demands
13:12so much
13:12darkness
13:13that it
13:16would
13:16deliberately
13:18put out
13:19the lights
13:20of consciousness?
13:23Please
13:24consider this.
13:25There is
13:25something
13:26within
13:26that can
13:27survive
13:27only in
13:28the dark
13:28and since
13:30it can
13:31survive
13:31only in
13:32the dark,
13:33it
13:33deliberately
13:34switches
13:36off the
13:36lights,
13:37the lights
13:37of
13:38consciousness
13:39and that's
13:40what we
13:40call as
13:41inebriation.
13:44Inabriation.
13:46It's not
13:47for nothing
13:48that we
13:48deliberately
13:49lose
13:50consciousness.
13:51We do
13:52that so
13:53that the
13:53internal
13:54darkness
13:55can be
13:56secured,
13:58preserved,
13:59protected.
14:03Don't we
14:04deserve better
14:04than that?
14:06The question
14:07is of
14:07human
14:07dignity.
14:10What would
14:11you rather
14:11do as
14:12students
14:13at this
14:15premier
14:15institute?
14:15What would
14:16you do?
14:16Run away
14:17from a
14:17problem
14:18if you
14:18can't
14:19solve it
14:19or learn
14:21to solve
14:22it even
14:22if it's
14:22difficult?
14:24Please
14:24tell me.
14:26That's
14:27the thing
14:28with substance
14:28abuse.
14:29It involves
14:29running away
14:30and no
14:33problem
14:33running away
14:34from members
14:37of the
14:37Jurassic Park
14:38if ever
14:38you face
14:39one.
14:40Right?
14:41If you
14:41face a
14:43huge
14:43dinosaur
14:43do run
14:44away.
14:44Fine.
14:45Here the
14:45thing is
14:46that you
14:46don't even
14:47need to
14:48run away.
14:49You have
14:50it in
14:50you to
14:52beat the
14:53situation,
14:54to solve
14:54the problem
14:55and yet you
14:56choose to
14:57run away
14:57which is
14:58an insult.
15:00Which is
15:00an insult
15:01to who
15:01we are.
15:04something
15:06can be
15:07understood
15:07we
15:08chose
15:09to
15:10not
15:11understand
15:11it.
15:13Something
15:14can be
15:14solved
15:15we
15:18chose
15:18not
15:18to.
15:19Something
15:20can be
15:20phased
15:20we
15:22chose
15:22to
15:22turn
15:22away.
15:25That
15:25choice
15:26indicates
15:27lack
15:27of
15:27dignity.
15:29That
15:29choice
15:29indicates
15:30something
15:32inferior
15:33to
15:34courage.
15:35Call it
15:36cowardice.
15:40That's
15:41the thing.
15:43If in
15:44your
15:44moment
15:45of
15:46real
15:46joy
15:47you
15:47still
15:47feel
15:48like
15:48drinking
15:48fine
15:49proceed
15:50chances
15:50are
15:51that
15:53won't
15:53frequently
15:54happen.
15:54That
15:56won't
15:56frequently
15:57happen.
15:58It's
15:59always
16:00to
16:01forget
16:02something
16:03that
16:03one
16:03gets
16:04into
16:04drugs.
16:09That
16:09forgetting
16:11is the
16:12opposite
16:12of what
16:13we really
16:13need.
16:14We
16:15need
16:15seeing
16:16not
16:19turning
16:19away.
16:19and
16:22seeing
16:23is
16:23more
16:23powerful
16:24than
16:24you
16:25can
16:25imagine.
16:28If
16:29the
16:29inner
16:29situation
16:30gets
16:30seen
16:31it
16:33gets
16:34solved.
16:40Outwardly
16:40you
16:40have
16:41to
16:41see
16:42and
16:42then
16:43solve.
16:44Inwardly
16:45seeing
16:45is
16:46solving.
16:49Outwardly
16:51you
16:52first
16:52understand
16:53the
16:53question
16:54and
16:54then
16:55proceed
16:56to
16:57figure
16:57out
16:57an
16:57answer.
17:00Inwardly
17:01the
17:01situation
17:01is
17:02easier.
17:03Inwardly
17:03if
17:04you
17:04can
17:04understand
17:05the
17:05situation
17:05the
17:06understanding
17:07is
17:07the
17:07solution.
17:10But
17:11how
17:11will
17:11you
17:11understand
17:12if
17:12you
17:12are
17:12what
17:16will
17:16you
17:16understand?
17:17And
17:18there
17:18is
17:18something
17:18within
17:19crying
17:19to
17:20be
17:20understood.
17:21That's
17:22exactly
17:22the
17:23moment
17:23when
17:24you
17:24should
17:24be
17:25at
17:25your
17:25attentive
17:25best.
17:26But
17:27instead
17:27of
17:27being
17:27your
17:28attentive
17:28best
17:28you
17:28choose
17:29an
17:30escape.
17:34Now
17:34I am
17:34not
17:35talking
17:35of
17:37physical
17:37problems.
17:38I am
17:38not
17:38talking
17:38of
17:39liver
17:39cirrhosis
17:39here.
17:42Maybe
17:42you
17:42will
17:43live
17:435 or
17:4310
17:43years
17:44fewer
17:44that's
17:44alright.
17:45No
17:46issues.
17:46maybe
17:49you
17:49were
17:49to
17:49lift
17:49LAT
17:50you
17:50drink
17:51so
17:51much
17:51you
17:51will
17:53pass
17:53away
17:53at
17:5370
17:54and
17:55you
17:55will
17:55foot
17:56a
17:57huge
17:57medical
17:58bill.
17:58Even
17:58that
17:58is
17:58not
17:59a
17:59problem
17:59being
18:00here
18:00you
18:00will
18:00probably
18:00earn
18:01enough
18:01to
18:02be
18:03out
18:03your
18:03medical
18:03bills
18:04and
18:04you
18:04will
18:04have
18:04medical
18:04insurance
18:05no
18:05issues.
18:07And
18:07if
18:07you
18:07live
18:08a
18:10decade
18:10fewer
18:11that
18:11would
18:11help
18:12the
18:12carbon
18:12emissions
18:13so
18:14that
18:14too
18:14is
18:14not
18:14a
18:15problem.
18:15The
18:17problem
18:17is
18:18these
18:1870
18:19years
18:19that
18:19you
18:20will
18:20live
18:20running
18:22away
18:22from
18:23yourself
18:23are
18:23not
18:24worth
18:24it.
18:24The
18:25problem
18:25is
18:25not
18:26the
18:2610
18:26years
18:27that
18:27are
18:27lost.
18:28The
18:29problem
18:29is
18:29the
18:3070
18:30years
18:31that
18:31are
18:31lived
18:31in
18:32covered
18:32eyes.
18:32If
18:37there
18:37is
18:37a
18:37battle
18:38worth
18:38fighting
18:39let's
18:39fight
18:39it.
18:44Or
18:45show
18:45your
18:45back.
18:51If
18:51there
18:51is
18:51an
18:51inner
18:52situation
18:52that
18:53challenges
18:54you
18:54accept
18:55the
18:55challenge
18:55there
18:56is
18:56loneliness
18:57accept
18:58it.
18:58Yes
18:58there
18:58is
18:58loneliness
18:59what
18:59about
18:59it
19:00where
19:00does
19:00it
19:00come
19:00from
19:00who
19:01are
19:01you
19:01loneliness
19:02let's
19:02talk
19:02if
19:04there
19:04is
19:04fear
19:05let's
19:06let's
19:06have
19:07fear
19:07sit
19:07there
19:08across
19:09the
19:09table
19:09one
19:11on
19:11one
19:11what
19:12do
19:12you
19:12want
19:12what
19:12are
19:12you
19:13threatening
19:13me
19:13with
19:13that's
19:18what
19:18makes
19:18us
19:18drink
19:18right
19:19fear
19:19loneliness
19:20random
19:23gloom
19:24heartbreak
19:27something
19:31friend
19:36ran
19:36away
19:37with
19:37girlfriend
19:37somebody
19:41else
19:41got
19:42a
19:42fatter
19:43package
19:43let's
19:49face
19:49it
19:49what's
19:50happening
19:51who
19:52within
19:52me
19:52is
19:55so much
19:56at
19:56pain
19:57and
19:57so
19:58very
19:58worried
19:59let me
20:01talk to
20:01that
20:01one
20:02who
20:02is
20:02it
20:02sitting
20:03within
20:03and
20:07making
20:07all
20:07kinds
20:07of
20:08noises
20:08I
20:09want
20:09to
20:09understand
20:10instead
20:13of
20:13scattering
20:14myself
20:15away
20:15through
20:17substance
20:17I
20:18actually
20:19want
20:19to
20:19gather
20:20myself
20:20compose
20:21myself
20:21and
20:23talk
20:24look
20:32at
20:32the
20:32inner
20:33one
20:33in
20:33the
20:33eye
20:33face
20:34to
20:34face
20:34yeah
20:38and
20:39after
20:40that
20:40when
20:41you
20:42find
20:42all
20:42stands
20:43resolved
20:43if
20:44you
20:44still
20:44feel
20:45like
20:45drinking
20:45or
20:46something
20:46fine
20:46do
20:46that
20:47do
20:48that
20:48the
20:49problem
20:50is
20:50not
20:51in
20:51the
20:51bottle
20:52the
20:55problem
20:55is
20:55in
20:55being
20:56a
20:56coward
20:56what
20:59can
21:00the
21:00bottle
21:00do
21:01it's
21:01just
21:01some
21:04water
21:04some
21:04this
21:04some
21:05that
21:05some
21:05ethanol
21:05who
21:08would
21:08say
21:08C2H5OH
21:09is
21:09unethical
21:09what
21:11are we
21:12talking
21:12nothing
21:14wrong
21:14with
21:14the
21:14bottle
21:14but
21:16who
21:16wants
21:16to
21:17live
21:17with
21:17a
21:19coward
21:20within
21:20do
21:20you
21:21that's
21:22the
21:22problem
21:23you
21:24don't
21:24even
21:24want
21:25to
21:25live
21:25with
21:25a
21:25coward
21:25as
21:27your
21:27roommate
21:27do
21:28you
21:28then
21:29how
21:29can
21:29you
21:29live
21:30with
21:30a
21:30coward
21:30as
21:31your
21:31heart
21:31mate
21:31sitting
21:32within
21:33you
21:33all
21:33the
21:33time
21:34yeah
21:45hi
21:52hi
21:52hi
21:52everyone
21:53my
21:53name
21:53is
21:53sonia
21:54agni
21:54utri
21:54and
21:55i
21:55am
21:55i
21:56am
21:57with
21:57achariji
21:58from
21:58last
21:58two and
21:59a half
21:59month
21:59and
22:00before
22:00that
22:01i
22:01used
22:01to
22:01listen
22:01him
22:02from
22:02youtube
22:02but
22:03i
22:04think
22:04mostly
22:04things
22:05have
22:05changed
22:05when
22:06i
22:06joined
22:06the
22:06geeta
22:06sessions
22:07so
22:07i
22:08can
22:08give
22:08one
22:08example
22:09like
22:09earlier
22:09i
22:10listened
22:11some
22:11of
22:11the
22:11youtube
22:12content
22:12from
22:12achariji
22:13but
22:13most
22:14of
22:14the
22:14things
22:14i
22:14decoded
22:15based
22:15on
22:15my
22:16understanding
22:16so
22:17based
22:18on
22:18that
22:18i
22:18took
22:18some
22:19bad
22:19decisions
22:19of
22:20my
22:20life
22:20i
22:20would
22:20say
22:21it's
22:21a
22:21really
22:21big
22:22decision
22:22that
22:22one
22:22should
22:23not
22:23take
22:23but
22:23but
22:24it's
22:24still
22:25after
22:26some
22:26time
22:27when
22:27i
22:27got
22:27to
22:27know
22:27about
22:28the
22:28geeta
22:28session
22:28and
22:29i
22:29joined
22:29that
22:29then
22:30i
22:30got
22:30some
22:30clarity
22:31i
22:31understood
22:39so
22:40let's
22:40say
22:40if
22:40i
22:40want
22:40to
22:41get
22:41married
22:41i
22:41see
22:42achariji's
22:42video
22:43and
22:43interpret
22:43it
22:43in
22:43some
22:44other
22:44way
22:44so
22:45this
22:46is
22:46something
22:46i
22:47got
22:47to
22:47know
22:48after
22:48joining
22:49the
22:49session
22:49so
22:50for
22:50me
22:50the
22:51most
22:51important
22:52part
22:52is
22:52it's
22:53good
22:53you
22:53listen
22:54to
22:54him
22:54from
22:54youtube
22:55from
22:55any
22:55other
22:55source
22:56but
22:56sessions
22:57are
22:57the
22:58most
22:58biggest
22:59blessings
22:59for
22:59all
23:00of
23:00us
23:00so
23:01now
23:01i
23:02am
23:02out
23:02of
23:02many
23:03of
23:03the
23:03things
23:03still
23:04many
23:04things
23:04are
23:04going
23:05in
23:05the
23:05background
23:06that
23:06i
23:06cannot
23:06share
23:06as
23:07of
23:07now
23:07but
23:07i
23:07would
23:08say
23:08i
23:09am
23:09handling
23:09everything
23:10very
23:10smoothly
23:11i
23:11am
23:11working
23:12professional
23:12my
23:13whole
23:13family
23:13my
23:14parents
23:14my
23:15brother
23:15my
23:16sister
23:16and
23:17his
23:18wife
23:18and
23:18even
23:19a
23:19small
23:19baby
23:20she
23:20is
23:20also
23:20a
23:21member
23:21we
23:21came
23:21here
23:22today
23:22so
23:23we
23:23all
23:23are
23:24vegan
23:24we
23:24changed
23:25our
23:25lifestyle
23:25we
23:26are
23:27more
23:27focused
23:27towards
23:28health
23:28my
23:29mother
23:29was
23:33twice
23:34cancer
23:34survivor
23:35but
23:36today
23:36she
23:36was
23:36here
23:37she
23:37saw
23:37achariji
23:38she
23:38got
23:38so
23:38much
23:38strength
23:39right
23:40now
23:40she
23:41is
23:41doing
23:41yoga
23:41everything
23:42so
23:42we
23:44are
23:44working
23:44on
23:44ourselves
23:45we
23:45try
23:45everyone
23:46one
23:46should
23:46try
23:47at least
23:48listen
23:48to
23:48him
23:48with
23:49open
23:50mind
23:50because
23:51this
23:51is
23:51the
23:51most
23:51important
23:52part
23:52if
23:53you
23:53don't
23:53listen
23:53him
23:53open
23:54mind
23:54then
23:54you
23:54might
23:55interpret
23:55anything
23:56but
23:57I
23:57found
23:57the
23:58most
23:58you
23:59know
23:59Karuna
24:00the
24:00acharji
24:01say
24:01all
24:01the
24:01time
24:02this
24:02Prem
24:03and
24:03Karuna
24:03we
24:04can
24:04we
24:04can
24:04just
24:05feel
24:05from
24:05his
24:06words
24:08and
24:08everything
24:08whatever
24:09he
24:09does
24:09so
24:10today
24:10I
24:10got
24:11a
24:11chance
24:11first
24:11time
24:11I
24:12am
24:12volunteering
24:12for
24:13this
24:13event
24:14also
24:14so
24:14it
24:14was
24:15very
24:15beautiful
24:16journey
24:16I
24:17wish
24:17I
24:18will
24:18continue
24:18this
24:18thanks
24:31to
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