Why concentrate the Mind?

[Guest guest]

There is another passage in the talk by Swami Ashokananda

which is very pointed.... it is pointed at those of us who are

inclined to talk: 'God' 'advaita' and 'self knowledge' but whose level

of experience in the subject matter is nil. Just see how sharp are his

comments:--

 

We therefore say that all these questions which in the

West often create turmoil, would be answered if those

who talk all the time about whether God exists or doesn't

exist, making other people miserable by their arguments

-- if they would just withdraw their minds from sense objects

just a little, they would have their answer. Buth they

will not do so. Their minds are reeking with worldly desires,

and they have an itch in their brains. Instead of anything else,

they take up this subject of God to discuss. It is just an accident

that they find it; it doesn't prove that they are really after the

knowledge of God. Personally, when I meet such people I do not

feel that they require any special attention, their talk is just a device

for themselves.....

 

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Strong stuff.

" to satisfy an itch in their brain "

" eir minds reeking with wordly desires "

" these people require no special attention "

" their talk is just a device for themselves "