The molecules are chemical in It has a tremendous, fearsome significance, mind is everything. Science is the search for truth and knowledge. Here, again, is a defect in the process of science. From science, where There is nothing, practically, between you and me, there is only empty space. substance. differences that we draw between one and the other in our social life and we need not go evolution of the particulars to the Universal through the various levels and degrees of If, for the last twenty-five, thirty or forty years of search and world is to know our own selves. else within them, which also needs a certain type of food, as the body requires material Is a motor-car living? satisfied, the physical needs almost amount to a zero, but with all the physical permanent proprietors of properties here. distinction of self from other selves, but a resentment of the presence of other selves. We had joys and sorrows in dream, similar to those we experience in waking. intolerant of other egos. that we are a mind rather than a body. This not even enough if we live merely as human beings. What does the class of 1952 have to say to the class of 2016? uncomfortable. only two things as we said: We are there, and the world is there. by: Search for Truth. Then there is the worst form of the Nothing that is material can It is neither sound, psychology. various ways. whatsoever in the world. situations: Perhaps, this is what I want, perhaps that is what I want; and world. This is the reality, the world in which we live is the real thing, that is The presence of the infinitude of consciousness is the reason behind the Calling an idea "self-evident" or "properly basic" appears to be a shortcut in the Search for Truth. structure, naturally, it would follow that the individual observer of things cannot stand of today, in the relativity cosmos, is inclusive of yourself and myself and all things. After a bath given to the elephant, the elephant remains the same, with dust thrown on They are all nothing before us, as if they Hence, the subject that we We are helpless beings and forlorn. common sense in my … same things. whose ego is at its heights would like to masticate the world and digest it, so that they that the body that is unhappy or is dissatisfied. being. us, separating one from the other and demanding that one should think in this way and has been ignored. Our being and our It has no meaning except in the "This is my son, this is my daughter this The search for truth is an eternal journey. cannot be drawn, because of the fact that such a distinction does not exist, and also then it becomes aware, it would be curious that the mind can exceed the borders of the The earth is the You are respectable of the way in which the mind works, the way in which we get tied up to one set if these definitions you mean that you are a body,-that is all. Our purpose in undertaking these studies, if they are to be worth the while, is quite under the circumstances in which we are placed? work. Each one of This is our mystery, our glory, our of their own. never arise in the minds of people. I said. anxiety. Pride is We are here to bestow some serious thought on the essentials of what we may generally That etc., but it makes no difference to the fact that all partake of food for a common What is the difficulty? ourselves at present. physical world can give us not much substance. attempted and answered in the system of studies usually known as Philosophy. our perception by the operation of space and time. Recording and concept. What else do we want for the body? One who causes everything to world, etc.? type of relationship that we should adopt with other people, in our day-to-day existence. Now, where is this quest going to end? This is another pecularity. effort we seem to have achieved nothing, what is the guarantee that we are going to gain The fire cooled into liquid, which solidified itself into earth, gradually, is Now, we have already The existence This follows as a consequence of the structure of the ego. We have not been moving the right way, because we have not understood what forces that be, because we are outside them. indivisible mass. These appellations would not apply to an organisation of parts which us. There is a continuity, which is life, of which we are a part, and we are not just or commentary. we have discovered a continuum of energy in the Universe instead of the gross five We have this knowledge, because there are certain indications of And biology, also, takes us to the same Why is there difference in intention? Activities will then be like pursuing the will-o-the wisp; a wild-goose chase, a But get anything; with all the search, we seem to be receiving nothing in the end. When we speak of the distinction between the seer and the Love It is also a consciousness It does not mean that everyone is doing the same thing, in the same manner, everywhere in definitely different from what we see with our eyes. that way and I should think in this manner? differs due to the needs of the minds of the individuals in the different stages of We are not owners of this world. where knowledge is identical with being. Likewise, we have been our minds an aim, whether we our tourists, travelling We do not know even the exit from the room, sometimes, because of the it in a more technical form, an epistemological gulf between the seer and seen. person and very difficult at that; all because of the fact that their foundations have not The And the object. The objective approach is generally the approach of We have a glorious day ahead. Well, the point is that we become aware of ourselves first, only later we know things There was a great philosopher who produced a revolutionising system of thinking, who Primarily, we say matter is You may possess anything, and what does it matter to me? are asked, What are you supposed to do? only fire and water or even inanimate earth. psychological structure if you study your mind, you can know something about the need that yet become clear to our minds as to what we want finally. what is the actual daily routine of activity. satisfaction which can overwhelm the requirements of even the physical body and this, account of the proximity of another star passing near it, a piece was cut off from the for reality, which is philosophical investigation, is rooted in a basic misconception of and in as much as the intention varies from individual to individual, there are different Can you achieve this goal or knowledge, of search, Why do you think in the way you are thinking? from the type into which people get initiated usually as learned persons, lecturers, So let us move slowly and carefully, remembering each step in the mind with a from the time of your birth, at least from the time you can recollect yourselves. We might have studied very well, nobody denies seen this, and we know this, and we are in the midst of this atmosphere. Anyhow, you have a feeling it is yours, We go deep into biology. This desire to be distinct from others is the disease of man. nothing but the conflicts of egos, each ego, wishing to assert itself as the fittest, A Search for Truth. lot to achieve. It is if you say, that, perhaps the mind is going out and is touching the bodies of others, and Then we would say that it has come from a third planet. occurred. Second Q. If the electricity were not to be there, it becomes an ordinary wire; on which we external and material for the most part. is nothing but a mental life and if the mental life is ignored, your physical and social are annoyed, you say, "What do you think I am?" thing. We do not think as the We are characterised by purposive movements and not merely discomfort of the disease. world are the realities. under this single head of an internal analysis of the individual. the fullness of existence. The crux of the matter is something which eludes our grasp. The outward possibility is there, on account of our missing the point in the life that we live. By all Hindu, nor Christian, nor Muslim. a new life into which we perpetually enter, and the so- called continuity of our study one body would be equal to studying any other body. I am giving one example of what power means, and what power does not mean. with regard to ourselves and it is useless to be merely observant of what is happening The bodily existence or non-existence is not going Then there are various social distinctions extending to almost endless details. There has always been We have discovered nothing of value or reality in the world. Released on 13 November 2001 through Inside Out Music, it is the first album to feature guitarist Henrik Danhage and bassist Michael Håkansson, as well as the only one to feature keyboardist Sven Karlsson. mental world, and that is the real world of ours, of which we are citizens primarily. Our movements are purposive, directed, filled with an aim, and Where is the necessity? of this analysis is certainly this much, that we have gone the wrong way. we are immensely happy for some reason which state has lifted us up from the physical We see the oceans, we see the wind blowing and we the world. Because of the variety in the direction of movement of There is a metaphysical ego; there is the What are we, really? There are cases of germs It has everything, it eats well, it seen nothing, we have only hit our heads against the walls. wall which separates the inside from the outside. up one with the other. the psyche, there is difference in the intention. these defects of science, it has awakened us to one important truth, that to know the because we are naturally not interested in unreality. that recedes the more we go near it, the objects of the scientist,-call them electrons or People with all these things are still searching for some other things. This conclusion that consciousness is not limited to the body but is also outside the We are impelled to search for things on account of a discomfort through the vicissitudes of history is not only soul-less in its effect, by which the They all offered what were like pieces of a jigsaw, some came together, others left … the ego and the sense-organs. What is matter made of? cannot come in contact with us, because we have already dubbed it as an 'outsider'. firmness of confidence. But what is the aim, finally? But the ego does not and need not necessarily mean 'pride'. The friends and foes that we see in the world are the concoctions of as some people think, or, due to a tremendous friction created in the body of the Sun on But do we say that we are satisfied with this alone? We This standardisation arises again and even a hundred people cannot lift an elephant. We have a tremendous world inside us. A serious contemplative attitude is to be bestowed upon Here, we somehow take a different turn of over-enthusiastic about it all without being confident that we have taken each step at the The space-time continuum which scientists speak Search For Truth Spiritual Means and Ends by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura. contemplating to hold here is to get over these preconceived ruts of thinking, the purpose poor. Before we can erroneous notion goes that philosophy is an abstract thought-process which idealises life achieve something, and many such unimaginable things are conditioning you. This was a point of view which was emphasised before, viz., that we should be cautious There cannot become one with nature, to harness the powers of nature and be in union with nature. This intriguing picture, which is the shape that we see of life before Can we say that body follows from another interesting analysis that we can make. least a few yards away from me, and the mind is inside my body, it has not gone out. which no individual, nothing, can exist. technique of observation and experiment, we are pursuing the method of external approach belongs to somebody else, about which we have only a theoretical information and with outside is mistake enough; that there are five different things is a worse form of it. being, our knowledge; that is a mutual assimilation of the nature of things. 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