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This video is taken from the session "Samvaad" held at IACS on 5 November 2025.

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00:00Hello sir, while going through the book, the chapter number 16, Let the Petty Go.
00:06The true freedom starts when we stop ourselves by marking ourselves from the external yardsticks.
00:12But often I find myself being affected by others' opinion.
00:18You don't get randomly affected by somebody's opinion.
00:23That somebody whose opinion affects you is somebody you expect something from.
00:31You're looking for grades and grades are controlled by somebody else.
00:34You're dependent. You are dependent.
00:37If I do not care about what I'm going to get from an entire set of hundred people,
00:43why will I bother what image they carry of me?
00:48So dependence is the problem.
00:49It is not without reason that you become psychologically enslaved.
00:58You give them control, power, authority over yourself by being internally dependent.
01:07So two things.
01:08One, you can turn inwards and look at yourself and then you will not require others.
01:13And two, don't be so dependent.
01:15The more you expect from others, the more you will be forced to please them.
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