I don't believe that anyone can really
teach anyone anything as per their own convictions. Unless the mind is open.
And the mind opens to listen to another if there is respect for the person
teaching . However much the teacher tries, the response has still to come from
within each individual.
Learning comes only when and from where it
is supposed to come. Did we necessarily learn from the wisdom of our elders ?
No. We were busy defying them at that point. Years later, when we arrived at
the same point, we realised that our elders HAD told us this but we never
listened.
This is the story of most people's lives.
If pure knowledge is sought, it really doesn't matter if it comes from someone
we consider our worst enemy. But we probably will shun anything that comes from
that source because we perceive the "enemy", not the
"knowledge". And thus, out of our prejudice , we tend to remain on
the same level as before. We forgo that source of knowledge which was a god
given opportunity that came with a test which we did not pass. And this becomes
such a habit that we don't think about it twice. It becomes a normal pattern.
How much we stand to lose we cannot even imagine !
As it is said , don't ask a sage what caste
he belongs to. Just take the knowledge he has to impart. By implication, the
rest is really none of your business. Is it ?
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Speakingtree Blog: www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari
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