Questioner: When I look at what I am doing, and why I am doing it, honestly, it gives me fear. I don’t want to take action, because of the fear of the new.
Acharya Prashant: There is no fear of the new. There is only the fear of leaving the old. The old is giving you comforts, and it is as basic as that! It is so obvious, direct, and ground level, that no explanation can be given or needed. It is the grossest thing that is there. It has to be obvious.
The old has taken complete control over you. You are the old. There is no part of your mind or body that is not related to what you have been doing so far.
The old is your food, very food. It is every cell of your body. How can you leave your food? Do you see that it is as basic as that? It is the fear of leaving food because the old is feeding you. What spiritual answer can I provide? It is a very material thing that is happening, kindly understand it at the material level itself. There is no need to give it a spiritual color. It is like a street fight – punch and counter punch. What spiritual explanation can be given? It is very, very material. You don’t want to leave your food. It is all about that.
The body is a self-preserving mechanism. It will not allow you to do things where your physical sustenance gets threatened. It is not at all about some deeply-logged dungeon of your mind. It is not at all about some subconscious tendency. It is the body! “What will happen to this body? Where will I live? What will I eat?” That is it!
