Question: Pranaam Acharya Ji. From other’s perspective I look like a cool and calm person, which I think I am at times. But I do have a good amount of ego inside. How can I be the same ‘cool and calm’ person from inside as well?
Please guide me on this.
Acharya Prashant Ji: So Narendra (the questioner), you want to be the same ‘cool and calm’ person as you appear outside, right? So you are a fan of how you look to others. Right? And why you are a fan of how you look to others? Because the others say that you look good.
Interesting matter it is.
On the outside you are somebody, on the inside you are somebody else, and then there are the others. So there are three entities involved in the show.
The others have told you that you look good on the outside. The others have told you that you have good looks on the outside. What is the definition of ‘goodness’? Cool and calm. So others tell you that you look ‘cool and calm’ on the outside. So you want to be the same ‘cool and calm’ one on the inside as well. Alright.
So the bread is burnt on the fringes, you want to burn it in the middle as well. Right now only your periphery is ruled by the others, only your external appearance is ruled by the others. But you are so enthralled by foreign rule that you want to extend foreign rule right up to your capital city.
