00:00Amitabh Bachchan spewing continuous nonsense in some family blockbuster.
00:04That's the dream figure every North Indian patriarch wants to be.
00:08Somebody whose authority is unquestionable.
00:11He just gets up from the inherited family chair, five centuries old,
00:16and declares the heavenly truth.
00:18And the wife and the kids and the daughter-in-laws especially,
00:21they roll at his feet because the oracle has spoken.
00:24Don't you get impressed?
00:25This is what is meant by living without examining.
00:29Who has the authority?
00:31Life is our own sovereign choice.
00:34If someone is appearing to carry a certain authority over us,
00:38surely we are vesting him with that authority
00:40to empower that person with that kind of authority.
00:43And remember if you are giving such an authority to that person,
00:47that person is surely giving something to you in return.
00:50The ego is a trader.
00:51If this thing is happening to you, there surely is choice involved in it.
00:56And if it is your choice, it can be reversed.
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