When consciousness is your only hope, your only liberator,
How can you kill consciousness wherever it is?
If you are the body, then your real benefit lies in appeasing the body.
But if you are the mind that is crying out for liberation,
Then you must be very clear on where your real benefits lie.
Questioner (Q): Do you recommend people to stop consuming milk and eggs along with other non-vegetarian food?
Acharya Prashant (AP): The aim is peace—fundamentals first, right? The aim is peace.
And your hope is the deepening of consciousness. That’s what will bring peace to you. Consciousness is your liberator. Deep-deep consciousness, not shallow consciousness of the kind you witness everywhere. Deep-deep consciousness. Which then means that the only thing worth respecting is depth of consciousness—that’s what you worship, right? Consciousness, realization, consciousness, realization—that’s your only hope, right? And if that hope does not materialize, then you remain in bondage. And then life is wasted.
