Questioner: When I observe then my mind that was calm, at least at the periphery shakes. So, how to observe?
Acharya Prashant: That is the whole point of observation; to really come to learn the facts, to really know what is going on. Observation is not meant to comfort you. Observation is not meant to keep you nicely settled on your sofa. Observation will shake you up and that is why people don’t want to observe. And that is why you are asking how to observe without getting shaken up. If what you are observing is such that, it must shake you up, it will shake you up. If your environment, if the objects around you are such that they must shake you up, then let them shake you up.
You could have asked a different question.
You could have said that, “Sir, when I observe I come to learn of things that are ugly. When I observe then I come to see things that are rotten. Now, how to get out of them? How to ensure that they are not around me?”
You are observing them only because they are around you.
So, your question could have been, “Sir, how can I change my environment and hence my being? How can I change it? How can I get out of this rut?”
