Our
intellect, even if it is well trained in selflessness, simplicity and humility,
has no ability to act as a guide for us; it can, at best, be relied upon as a well
prepared tool. One must remain in contact with and learn from the people who
are well settled in selflessness, compassion and truth. Apart from experiencing
from one’s own experiences, one must try to learn from those who have sincerely
tried to explore the meaning and purpose of life. However, one must constantly
observe and ensure whether his trained intellect has been helping him to sift
out what is relevant and useful in the experiences of others.
We had talked about training the intellect prior to
commencing the process of learning in the last chapter (# 15094). Here, in this
blog we have discussed about the next stage when one tries to learn through his
interactions with others who also have chosen to explore the essence of the
life (the interactions that can briefly be referred to as Satsang), that is, those
who try to think and conduct rightly and righteously. In this blog we are
emphasizing that the training of the intellect must be put to practice to find
out if our ability to sift out the useful is showing any improvement.
Exploration of truth is a lifelong process, so is training of the intellect and
Satsang. Necessity of right company that helps us improve can never be
undermined. Untrained intellect is like an unreliable tool that can spoil our
earnest efforts without any ill intention; hence, the continuous process of
proper training, improvements in the training process and trials should never
be avoided.
PROMOD KUMAR SHARMA
[The writer of this blog is also the author of “Mahatma A
Scientist of the Intuitively Obvious” and “In Search of Our Wonderful Words”.]
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