Philisophical and mental speculation

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As for the difference between mental speculation and philosophical

speculation, we take it that everything is known by the psychological

action of the mind, so that philosophical speculation is the same as

mental speculation if it is merely the random or haphazard activity of

the brain to understand everything and making theories, "if's" and

"maybe's." But if philosophical speculation is directed by Sastra and

Guru, and if the goal of such philosophical attempts is to achieve

Visnu, then that philosophical speculation is not mental speculation. It

is just like this: Krishna says in Bhagavad-gita that "I am the taste of

water." Philosophical speculation in the accepted sense then means to

try to understand, under the direction of Sastra and Guru, just how

Krishna is the taste of water. (Letter to Chaturbhus, 21 January 1971)