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Shri Prashant On
“Speaking the Truth”
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Why can’t I speak the truth?
Luxuries
MoneyEmotional Security
• It is because we have traded away our freedom to speak the truth.
• There is no problem in speaking the truth to anybody, there is no limitation at all.
• The only limitation is that you are afraid that you will lose your conveniences.
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“A little bit of money, a little bit of security, a
little bit of identity, to get all that, you have
traded away your freedom, your
essential freedom.”
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Stop Being a Child
• A child is dependent, it is understandable for a child to be dependent.
• A child is dependent because he cannot do much about it.
• But why are you dependent on others?
“Till the time you remain dependent, you won’t have the courage to
speak the truth, because speaking the truth has its cost.”
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“SEE THE WORTHLESSNESS
OF WHAT YOU ARE GAINING
BY TRADING AWAY THE TRUTH.”
“Once you realize that you are gaining only a little bit of comfort,
some emotional security, some petty attachment,
and you are giving away something of great value,
then you will stop that transaction.”
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How do I get attention?
• You don’t need to get attention from anywhere.
• All you can do is get rid of the enemies of attention.
• The capacity to be attentive is very much innate.
You don’t have to fetch it from somebody or somewhere.
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Enemies Of Attention
Distractions
Beliefs
Prejudices “You have cultivated, harboured so many
enemies of attention in your mind.
Those enemies of attention do not allow
you to be attentive.”
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The Enemies of Attention
People
If you have such people
around you who themselves
are deeply distracted, and
keep distracting you, then
attention becomes almost
impossible.
Surroundings
Look at the quality of those
who surround you, day-in and
day-out. Look at those who
belong to your inner circle.
What kind of people are you
surrounded with?
Habits
Look at your habits. Where do
you spend time while working
on the internet?
What kind of magazines,
journals, books do you read?
“Once you get rid of the enemies of attention, attention is there. You don’t have to get it.”
If you are carrying beliefs and notions in the mind, then it would be impossible to be attentive.
If you are afraid then it would be impossible to be attentive.
One is afraid only of losing, losing your attachments, possessions.
If you are so attached, you cannot be attentive.
The Enemies of Attention
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How to stop the mind from going here and there?
• Just see what the mind is doing, because your suppression will not
help.
• Your suppression will become another thought, another activity of
your mind.
• And we don’t want more and more activities in mind.
We want to get silence in the mind.
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Quiet the Mind
• Quietening of mind is not a direct process; that you can quieten the
mind through suppression or some technique.
• This quietening of mind is an indirect thing.
• Let the mind do what it wants to do. Let it wander.
• Just remain conscious in its wandering, just as you conduct an
experiment in the lab and watch the reaction.
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“Watch the mechanics of the mind and the moment you watch,
you are already in attention.
Now the mind will quieten.
Do not approach it with a hammer.
Don’t do that.
That is it!”
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“Attention is fundamentally more about witnessing the mind,
and in this witnessing the mind quietens.”
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