Being intellectual and indulging in spiritual pursuits is
commendable . But if these lead to
intellectual or spiritual arrogance, we must watch out ! Studying texts like
Ramayana and Bhagvad Gita, reciting shlokas and being able to talk about them
is wonderful. There is one word of caution though.
Such people often get the impression that
knowing these is actually understanding them. Understanding is the percolation
of knowledge which inspires relevant behaviour as well.
But, this does not happen. Precisely
because even in depth knowledge only makes a scholar , at best. Never a
practitioner. There is much ego in many such people whereas , if understanding
had set in, humility would be the result, not arrogance. Arrogance gives a
person an illusion of being always right and superior to others. Arrogance
makes a person constantly talk about how learned they are but practice of all
they “know” may be sadly lacking.
In life, we fall a million times, get up a
million times and need to go on. Success is relative . But when people think
they are perfect, the best, and really infallible, then one needs to look at
them again and understand that they have a long way to go. They took the wrong
path when they thought they were perfect and found it easy to deride those who
were not , in their eyes.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Speakingtree Blog: www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari
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