Self-Help Books || Acharya Prashant

Full video: Emit love, not carbon || Acharya Prashant, with Bard College (2022)

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00:00Look at the quantum of self-help literature inundating the markets.

00:05We want to be better. We want to read self-help books.

00:07Even if they don't help, somebody comes and tells you,

00:09you apply this kind of thing on your face and your skin will glow.

00:13And you'll have lots of people who will apply that kind of treatment.

00:16And we want to be better. Just that.

00:19And if you want to be better, let's help you be better.

00:22That's a philosophy that's been taught to us.

00:24That your self-esteem, your self-respect, your self-image

00:29have to depend on how much you produce, how much you earn,

00:34and then how much you consume.

00:35You know, that's what you call a good life.

00:38Look at the incidence of mental illness, for example.

00:42Look at the number of people who are visiting psychiatrists and mental health.

00:50So people know that they are not doing well.

00:53But they do not see an alternative.

00:55If we could show an alternative, it would sell.