Questioner: The question is, how to reach the stage of ‘vulnerability’. Because if I become vulnerable, people’s behavior towards me does not bother me. There is no ego, no expectation left. Even if there is something that hits me, then also I remain normal so easily as if nothing has happened. This is the meaning of vulnerability that I get from the readings, but even after knowing I get hurt by others' behavior. My ego gets hurt. So how to reach that stage where nothing can bother me?
Acharya Prashant: Nothing bothers you calling itself a ‘botheration.’ If something comes to you and declares in advance, ‘ I am a botheration’, would you let that thing have space in your Life? Would you?
‘Botherations’ never come as botherations. So,
If you start searching for botherations, you will return empty-handed. There is no botheration that is labeled as, flagged as botheration in your mind.
Had it been flagged as a botheration, you would have disposed of it away long back, right? So, let's search with other keywords.
We are looking for ‘botherations’ because your question is ‘how do you I reach a stage, where the world does not bother me anymore’, the questioner is asking. Let us search with other keywords and let us search with ‘pleasures.’ Oh, you will find many there. Let's search with ‘Love,’ you will find much there. Let's search with ‘hopes’, you will find a lot of them there.
