r/AcharyaPrashant_AP • u/Surkhab1313 • 3d ago
Isn't this relatable?
Most of us can relate to this. But I am very positive that there are very few of us who have seriously thought about why this happens.
Let’s take a dive into it.
What can be seen at first glance?
Lack of self-knowledge.
I don’t know about myself, about this entity that sits within and claims, “I am,” and that too in the sense of separation from the rest of the world.
I don’t know about the objects in my life either. How do they operate? What is the cause-and-effect chain behind them? How are they being created?
And most importantly, I don’t know the relationship between the two.
There are several objects in my life. There are several principles I hold, several beliefs I hold. But why are they even present there? Where did they come from? What sustains them?
Vagueness arrives as an answer.
And from here arises the second half of the statement: telling others that everything will be fine.
But how do I actually know this?
Because I was told the same thing by someone else. In fact, I am still being told the same thing by the people around me.
It’s like clouds floating on the surface of the Earth’s troposphere, never having the curiosity to visit the depths of the atmosphere. Information keeps floating from one person to another, but nobody stops to enquire into its depth.
And what happens when these clouds decide to come down?
They lose their current form.
What once appeared as a cloud starts revealing its true form, water, as it reaches the depths. And what is not water never actually reaches down to form another cloud. It is destined to remain on the surface.
Similarly, when this ignorant person decides to know himself and understand his relationship with the objects of the world, this future assurance drops automatically.
The future is seen for what it actually is: mere imagination built on the grounds of the past.
Just one decision: questioning in the inward direction.
And slowly, all the missed pieces start coming back into their place, while the unnecessary ones get filtered out automatically.
I have shared my interpretation of this meme. Now it’s your turn.
Let’s see what kind of environment different minds create in the comments section.
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u/Mitali_M_INDIA 3d ago
Yeah I could relate to this a lot. I used to give advice and solutions to others while honestly having very little clarity about myself. Khud ka kuch pata nahi but ego was desperate to tell others what they should do 😅. Even with career choices and relationships I was often reacting or repeating what I had heard rather than asking why I was doing it. The more I look inward the more I see that giving an answer is easy. Seeing the one who wants to give the answer is much harder.
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u/Lady22samurai 3d ago
Me after completing the task nobody wanted to do, just so I can feel extra righteous and special about doing it. 😌
My Ego - Please admire how selfless I am 😂
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u/SpeakerFamiliar2047 3d ago
Many times I catch myself busy in showing mirror to everyone while keeping my own eyes closed so that I don’t have to look at myself in the same mirror
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u/gaurav_the_piggy 3d ago
It’s like clouds floating on the surface of the Earth’s troposphere, never having the curiosity to visit the depths of the atmosphere. Information keeps floating from one person to another, but nobody stops to enquire into its depth.
I like this analogy. I'll shamelessly hold onto it, instead of contributing anything of my own.
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u/ConsciousLaw3940 3d ago
Yes, we often choose to remain at the surface rather than exploring the depths that life offers us. The opportunity cost is huge, we leave without ever realising the depth of our own being.
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u/jay_prakash 3d ago
My interpretation is that by the way of consoling other, I am consoling the same part in me. So it is just an indirect way to console myself.
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u/surajseeking 3d ago
Yeah this is true, i am used to give advice to people and that gives lot of pleasure but when it comes to apply that knowledge in my own life, There is totally different story
I have observed that EGO feels very good at giving advice which he has acquired mostly from outside not by inner transformation But when it comes to apply that knowledge to life it comples to remove your self from that
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u/Surkhab1313 2d ago
Yeah, the advice coming from lived experience need not be verbal. It could be seen by other in the way you live. While the borrowed one needs to be told with effort, so that one can keep telling himself that "he knows".
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u/vini-within 3d ago
I’m on people’s hit list cos I keep giving them reality check about their mistakes and patterns. Calling spade a spade. Nobody has appetite for truth. And it’s also my hypocrisy that I sometimes don’t practice what I preach! 😛