Tuesday 2 April 2019

Essence of life


Can knowledge ever be claimed as knowledge if one has not put it into practice? What one hears, sees and believes is not knowledge. If the same thing is experienced, it does become knowledge.
I have met some scholars who know a lot of theory. More power to them for their scholastic abilities. But it IS an intellectualization of knowledge, not knowledge itself.
If I make a lecture out of topics I have read in books, magazines and articles, am I qualified to
Impart knowledge?
I think many have opened shops through workshops where the teaching is not experiential. But there ARE some masters who are teaching from experience. That is the path which will take us somewhere. Otherwise, we go nowhere.
And yet, nowhere can be transformed into "now" "here" and that is the essence of life the present moment. It's right now and right here. Not was nor will be. It IS. To capture the essence of each moment is the key to happiness. Experience what "now" holds for us and become illuminated.
Surekha Kothari

surekhakothari.wordpress.com


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