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Full Video: Is Ignoring Grief the Key to Wisdom? || Acharya Prashant (2023)
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00:00Many times we plan something thinking that I want to create my destiny and if you are
00:05not able to achieve that, how should we figure out where things went wrong, right?
00:10What happens is that there are all these marketeers and motivators around and they will tell you
00:16success is your destiny.
00:17They will tell you becoming big is your destiny or becoming a billionaire is your destiny.
00:22So the word destiny has become conflated with a lot of consumption.
00:27So I am running a particular race and I have convinced myself that becoming the winner
00:32is my destiny.
00:33No, no, no, that's not the right use of the word destiny.
00:39Destiny is not achievement and consumption.
00:43Destiny is not about reaching a great place of achievement.
00:47Destiny is not about becoming a CEO.
00:49Destiny is not about earning that kind of money or clearing an entrance exam or reaching
00:55a particular post of winning an election.
00:57That's not destiny.
00:58When you are making a choice, ask yourself, what is it in the chosen object that you have
01:04fallen for?
01:05Will it bring light to you or will it just dilate your taste buds?