Babaji’s short satsang in English (for 10 minutes.)
(Memory recall as understood)
Date and Venue--
9th March 2019 at Bhatti New Delhi
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
We all want to
acquire knowledge. What is knowledge? It means “to know”.
Knowledge is not
to be confused with understanding. The more the knowledge the more confused we
are. Unless knowledge is put into action (practice) we will not acquire
understanding.
Our holy
scriptures provide us with a wealth of knowledge revealed by mystics who
attained understanding through personal experience by applying themselves to
meditation or blessed by the Divine. Simply by reading the scriptures we may
get information of their experience but unless we ourselves acquire similar understanding,
the Divine remains a concept. To get out of domain of concept, action and practice
is needed.
These days
knowledge is available at the touch of the button on internet but that does not
give us understanding. If a computer disc is loaded with data beyond its
capacity, then at some point of time it is sure to breakdown and show error on
the computer screen. The same is true with our mind. It gets confused under the
burden of so called knowledge and information.
A person may have a lot of information on how
to drive a car but unless he has himself driven the car, there would be always
lurking doubt in his mind in confidently handling the steering wheel.
We fill and
crowd our mind with concepts from holy texts, but lack strength when exposed to
adversities of life. This is because our faith is not based on solid
foundation. If the foundation of faith is on sand, the structure is sure to
crumble. When we lead life in this world with imperfect concepts that lack
understanding, then there is bound to be distress and pain.
Information,
knowledge and concepts have not been able to bring fundamental change in our
life that is desired for going through the ups and downs of life. Meditation
helps us in going above the realm of concepts that leads to greater understanding
of the Reality. This gives us strength to face adversities of life.
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