When words are translated and repeated without a full understanding of the meaning, over time the meaning becomes more and more detached from the words. This is why the knowledge is lost over time.
Knowledge is not contained in books… in words. Knowledge only dwells in the awareness of the enlightened.
Yet so many spiritual devotees cling with great devotion to the words. Their intent may be heartfelt and sincere, but the result is the loss of the teachings… generation after generation.
Mother Nature feels that strain in the world. That strain compels nature to provide one to come who revives the true understanding of the words. This is a mechanic. It is a law of the science of existence. It is action and reaction on a cosmic level. That cosmic principle is straightforward and scientific, just as bending a stick causes a tension to be created that in time compels the stick to spring back.
This is the history of life in a nutshell. The actors may change. The principle does not.
The four words that keep coming into my head are..”Read-Feel-Let Go””Read-Feel-Let Go” For the lectures it is..Listen-Feel-Let Go.It truly feels more like a natural process than an attempt to reprogram the way I learn.
Thank You Maharshi
Yes, Michael, gaining true Knowledge is a culturing process. It is not a memorization of facts. And the culturing is not of the depth… the depth is already there and Divine. It is a culturing of the surface to become harmonized with the depth. The real purpose of my lectures and blogs is to free people from the superficial chains that bind. This is done by waking up to the depth of your being. That is attained by touching into that depth over and over again. That is done through proper meditation and transcending through the spoken word which is what we do in class. Transcending means touching into the depth of your being. It is the depth of your being that cultures the surface.