The Thirsty Crow

This story is also quite well known. He was really thirsty and found a way to get to the water.

Now lets look at the message in that...

The crow signifies a sincere seeker & the water in the pitcher knowledge, and pebbles are the tools like yoga, meditation, satsang which help us get closer to the knowledge.

All of us are the seekers and for each the Pitcher, the level of water & the pebbles may be different.

Hare & Tortoise

We have all heard the story & the moral being, slow and steady wins the race.

Well the Tortoise signifies immense patience, persistence & hard work as well as Satogun.

The Hare is jumpy (Rajo Gun) or sleeping (Tamo Gun) during the entire story.

The Tortoise is very symbolic. The shell signifies the knowledge that insulates him & protects him. The head & 4 limbs signify the 5 senses. It symbolises that the Tortoise can withdraw his senses at his will and be shielded by his knowledge. He is calm and stable and works towards his purpose - like a karamyogi.

So now we know why the Tortoise won the race.

3M

When you see or hear 3M what comes to the mind...

1. The manufacturer of our favourite sticky notes
2. A kid doing data at school will think of Mean, Median & Mode
3. Adjectives to describe a person - Mean, Modest or Merry
4. Subjects like Maths, Music & Mechanics
5. or Magic, Miracle & Musement

Someone mentioned that

• Use things like numbers in Maths - so be Mathematical with objects
• Be Musical with people
• And Meditative with self

5 Blind men & the elephant

Most of us know the story .

Five blind men went to see an elephant.

One touched the leg of the elephant and said, “The elephant is like a pole.”

The second touched the trunk and said, “The elephant is like a thick club.”

The third touched the belly and said, “The elephant is like a big jar.” 

The fourth touched the ear and said, “The elephant is like a big hand fan.”

The fifth touched the tail & said its like a rope.

Thus they began to quarrel amongst themselves as to the shape of the elephant.

A passer-by, seeing them thus quarrelling, said, “Why are you all quarrelling?” They told him the problem and asked him to be the judge.

The man said: “None of you has seen the elephant. The elephant is not like a pole; its legs are like poles. It is not like a thick club; its trunk is like a thick club. It is not like a big jar; its belly is like a big jar. It is not like a fan; its ear is like a fan. The elephant is all these --- legs, trunk, belly, ears, tail and much more.”

In the same way, those who argue about the nature of God have known only a small part of His Reality. In spirituality, the divine is as we experience it.


Trying to understand God or Self for with our senses of perception, we only learn that much.

Sowing wheat & spiritual lesson

When we sow wheat we get more wheat as well as fodder for the cattle or hay for the thatched roofs as well as some oxygen into the air. If we sowed only for hay (had their been seeds for it) then that's all we would get!

Sowing for wheat to feed self & others helps in other areas as well.

Would you stop growing wheat if you did not need the hay or because there was no way of growing only wheat??? One will still sow wheat and then either sell or give away the hay. Would you burn or destroy the hay? Obviously not as it useful to someone

If we do actions thinking whats in it for me? And think of only oneself that will spell doom. 

Knowledge - Input , Process or Output???

There is a relationship between input and output & in between is the process that changes the input into output. This is a simple way to explain so it could be fruit becoming juice or dough+cheese+tomato becoming a pizza!!!

Now lets look at simple machines like tongs or wheel barrow or scissors that help reduce effort. All machines help in efficiency in terms of reducing input or increasing output.

The human brain & mind combination is the most complex machine. ( It can reverse the above in terms of making it things in efficient as well.) 

If knowledge is input then what will be output ???
Or is knowledge the process???

Consider education as knowledge & one will think that knowledge of how to multiply or divide is really the process and helps reach the out come. And in maths the right output is only one.

Now consider knowledge in terms of what is good or bad / right or wrong etc on the moral / value based measure.  Each person's view may be different and responses will be based on the individuals past experiences & knowledge.

Knowledge could also be an output. When we learn from our experiences and share that knowledge its our output & input for the receiver.

Knowledge is versatile & all pervasive - as Input, Process & Output

Why meditate? (a copy & paste)

Meditation is universal. It transcends all divides like religion, country and culture. It is a gift given to mankind to access the infinite spirit not limited by any identity. It is the only tool that can aid a person to return to innocence.

Modern life style has high exposure to anger, hate, fear and other negative emotions. These human emotions have a high tendency to duplicate and spread. For example, when a person gets cheated, he starts to suspect everything around him. This also has an impact on people around him. These emotions form strong impressions and opinions on an individual and social level. The result of which is an insecure individual and an unstable society.

Meditation helps an individual overcome these emotions to facilitate a calm peaceful mind and a healthy and stress free body. Upon daily practise an individual will blossom into an unshakable personality. With increase in the number of people who are calm, peaceful and healthy will facilitate a social transformation, enabling a society that is trusting, happy and content.

DIY

This makes us think of the Do It Yourself stores to buy things to fix/make around the house.

Now if someone said its meant to be - Divine Inside You ...it will take a while to register.

Now think of it as a spiritual journey or learning & evolution process - its a Do It Yourself kind of thing!

Gross & Subtle

Some examples, characteristics & pointers to help understand

1. Sight & Vision
2. Short Term & long term / eternal
3. Is & Could be
4. Ever changing & Permanent
5. Form & Formless
6. School & Education
7. Perceive through our senses & feel/know inside

Front & back of our bodies

The front represents the BHOG - what we enjoy/consume. So we have out eyes & nose & mouth & ears there to see, smell, eat & hear.

The back is for YOG or to connect with GOD & SELF. So we have the spine that supports us in everything. And when we need to rest we lie on our backs & lay our heads down. The back of our body is used for resting, recovering & meditating

Repitition of Math topics and Reading Gita repeatedly

Some children wonder they started learning fractions in Grade 2 & did again in say grade 4 & then they keep having to do again in later grades as well.

Well as they get older of course the level of detail & the complexity of the problems they solve progresses with the ability of the child .

And people who read Gita repeatedly vouch that they learn more / deeper meanings each time. They say depending on their level of consciousness and satwa, the understanding increases as a continuous process.

For fundamentals truths ( Maths as well as Gita) repeated practice and gradual increase in complexity and understanding is important.

Water reactions

Just imagine water falling on

1. A hot frying pan - it sizzles & evaporates

2. On a leaf - it slides around it, hangs from the tip & drops down

3. Into an oyster - becomes a pearl.

If water was knowledge and the 3 examples were either different situations or different people and how hey receive the knowledge.

Agneepath the poem & the movie

The movie may be violent etc, but very inspiring in few ways

1. The good defeats the evil - eventually / in the long run. ( in the movie after blood shed etc)

2. What the child learnt from his father in his early years comes back to him

3. We are usually alone in our journey of life

Agneepath the Poem with Translation

Vriksh ho bade bhale,
ho ghane ho bhale,
Ek Patra chhah bhi mang mat, mang mat, mang mat,
Agnipath, Agnipath Agnipath;

Tu na thamega kabhi tu na mudega kabhi tu na rukega kabhi,
Kar shapath, Kar shapath, Kar shapath,
Agnipath, Agnipath, Agnipath.

Ye Mahan Drishya hain,
Chal raha Manushya hain,
Ashru, Sweth, Rakta se Latpat Latpat Latpat..
Agnipath, Agnipath, Agnipath.

(There may be huge, warm and shady trees all around)
(Don't even ask the shade of a single leaf)
(Walk on the Path of Fire, Walk on the Path of Fire)

(You will not stop, You will not turn, You will not halt)
(Take this oath, take this oath, take this oath)
(The Oath of Fire, the Oath of Fire, the Oath of Fire)

(This is a great situation)
(Man Walks)
(Tears, Sweat and Blood)
(They swathe Him, they swathe Him)
(Walk on the Path of Fire, Walk on the Path of Fire)

Another ABC of spirituality

Aware of the divine

Belongingness to divine & seeing divine in others

Commitment to increase divinity in self & others.

Spiritual & Mental FITness test ( for adults)

Here is a way to test if we are doing well on the path of spirituality/knowledge

1. Frequency of disturbances / us loosing balance decreasing

2. Intensity of how upset or angry we get reduces

3. Time taken to return to centre & be balances also reduces

If the above is true , then you are doing well , give yourself a clap & keep at it.

Ways of presenting a number

There are so many ways of presenting a number.

1. Hindu Arabic

2. Roman

3. Fraction - simple/mixed

4. Decimal

5. Percentage

6. On a number line

But does the value of the number change???

The presentation may appeal to some or make it easier for some to understand, but the value remains same.

Same with religion / paths of spirituality. They all talk of same things and lead to the same ultimate truth, just packaged / presented differently.

Possibilities of what we can do! (inspired from something I read!)

The starting point for understanding Prana/ Atma is to appreciate that the world consists of a more than just the physical things we sense with our 5 senses. Physicality is just the tip of the iceberg. Beyond this there are worlds upon worlds of more rarefied and non-dimensional realities, which are just as tangible as the physical realms if you are able to discern them. They can’t be felt with our ordinary physical senses but it is possible to develop other organs of perception in our subtle bodies. Over a period of time, the level of functionality that can be built up is amazing.

Imagine, for example, that you lived in a culture where for some reason it was taboo to use your arms. As you grew up, they just withered and hung uselessly from your shoulders.

Then supposing one day you meet someone who says, “Hey, do you know you can use those?”

“For what?” you ask, incredulously.

“For so many things!”

And then the person teaches you how to begin to move your arms. It would be nothing more than a few jerky spasms at first but gradually, if you worked at it, you’d build muscle and be able to move your fingers, turn your wrist, bend your elbow, move your arm, and pick up weights. One miraculous day you’d be able to use this previously pathetic appendage to drink a cup of tea! And that’s just the beginning. You could go on to learn how to write, create handicrafts, paint masterpieces… the list is endless.

Its the same with Atma/Prana. Once we have the awareness we can be part of the subtle world that exists but we can't experience it till our subtle senses begin to work.

Taking care of a plant / child / self!!! ( for adults)

When we sow a seed , we need to take great care about the amount of water and sunlight etc. And the weeds that come by. Even as a small shoot we need to take great care and protect it from excessive sun or water and keep weeding as necessary . Weeds come by themselves & rain comes with little warning & strong winds can be harmful for a little plant, but we need to take care of the plant & protect it till it becomes a healthy plant or strong tree.

A lot like parenting ! Taking care of the children's various needs and preparing them to be independent individuals

And also we need the same treatment when we are learning about self / on path of spiritual knowledge. We need to take care of ourselves when we are new to knowledge and weak to the impact of disturbances.

Is imitation bad! (for adults)

Well in the modern day plageurism is considered unethical at school & university.

Now consider this - A great spiritual teachings. Someone plagiarises and publishes another one & it reaches many more people ...is that bad? It is plagiarism and we may not know the intention ( good or otherwise) but if the book does good to many more people is it not good! Think about it???

Similarly there are books written about the power of thought and about sending positive thoughts into the universe et all. And some say it is borrowed from old Vedic scriptures. So whats wrong with someone repackaging it ??? Well some may agree that at least spreading knowledge while others will say by hiding the source it may be diluting the knowledge or the context.

Its open to debate ...please put your comments.

Angle & Circle ( for adults)

An angle is a part of a circle. An angle is a part of the whole, relative to something bigger!

When we say see it from his angle - what does that mean - we see from his point of view - understand with his intellect - in his circumstances etc...

When the angle broadens - at 180 degrees it becomes a straight line and at 360 degrees a dot at the centre or a circle at the outside!

A circle as no end , no beginning (like the atma, how spiritual!)

Imagine if we are an angle and then we learn and work towards becoming a circles !!!!

Ways of learning

1. By memorising

2. By awareness & knowledge

3. By understanding & application

True & complete learning will have elements of all 3.

Take the example of multiplication tables.

Some think that kids have to mug up some of them for easy recall in future.

But if they did not understand the concept or be aware that multiplication is a compression of addition and that all ways of multiplying get the same answer ( repeat addition, grid multiplication as well as usual long multiplication) , will mugging help!!!

In the famous movie "3 Idiots" we witnessed result of mugging without understanding.

Though comparing the speech in the movie with multiplications may not be the best example, it has a takeaway. We can memorise pronunciation of a word when we don't understand the phonics but we cannot use the word without knowing its meaning!

Teaching/Learning the principles of Gita with or without shlokas' has a similar debate. Many people reading the shlokas (in the transliterate version) don't know the language and base their understanding on the translation and then the explanation.

However in case of Gita they say the viberations generated by the sounds of the shloka's have benefits at the sub conciuos level hence saying them without understanding is perfectly fine.

Hence the recommended modern way of studying Gita is

1. Using transliteration to read the shloka or hearing it online. Reciting when possible.

2. The literal translation & then the explanation

3. Applying the principles to ones life

Pain & Pleasure

They say are complementary.

We complain about pains & troubles, but they come to teach us patience, perseverance & increase our fortitude.

For pleasure we rejoice and want more. But they come to teach us & increase our gratitude.

If we acknowledge that God has sent either of them to teach us something and both will end , our attitude will be improved.

Manual for life!

When we buy any gadget or electronic it comes with a manual. Most of us just flip through it & shove in a corner as we know how to use the item. When there is trouble we search in the manual for trouble shooting guide etc & usually the problem is resolved. Note nobody throws the manual away, just store it away out of sight!

Some call Gita a manual for life.

Gita teaches you a lot on how to lead a good life. However it does not have a quick solution in form of a trouble shooting chart. What it has is knowledge that changes your attitude which in turn changes circumstances around you.

Whatever part of Gita you read, it has an application to the dilemma in ones head. If we absorb & apply the knowledge , our botheration's begin to dissolve.

A washing machine manual we can keep stored away but Gita principles need to be applied.

Preparing for take off

A rocket before its launch.....huge amount of energy that helps them propel into the atmosphere & further.

A plane on the runway gathers its energy & then soars off.

A young adult when about to take off or launch himself/herself in the world uses all the education he/she has ever received.

Education here includes what he/she learnt as a baby, through school, from all his teachers at school & otherwise. Its a process of preparing the children to take off independently. Holistic education will always include awareness about culture, society, health, environment and self. Many modern schools have included serving the community & caring for environment as part of its curriculum. Its to get the young ones to imbibe that we are a part of the whole & all of us beings & the environment are God's creation and we need to care - selflessly!

The Gita knowledge professes (among other fundamental truths), helping others and for the environment as its all part of God's manifestation.

So if Gita principles were part of the children's education it would truly give them holistic education and prepare them for take off and smooth soaring as well as soft landings!!!!

War & peace : Preparation for war, exam or moksha ( For older kids & adults)

This may remind you of the famous book by Leo Tolstoy. Let's give a thought - all preparation of war happens during peace time. Not because a nation wants war but just in case! But all nations spend a huge amount of its GDP on defence!!!

Now lets look at academics we start at say age 4 and are preparing for middle school & then high school & we continue to prepare till we get to university. Then one is still preparing to get a job and then have to keep preparing for a larger role and so on. Successful people (in the corporate world) are ones that continue to learn & evolve.

The spiritual journey is a preparation as well. Preparation and continuous evolution is essential. Its never early or late to start. The end point may not be in sight but being on the path will get us there

Intellectual & Emotional strength (IQ & EQ)

Most of us grew up in an environment that focused on intellectual superiority & the measure was IQ.

In the current times there is a shift to emotional quotient as an important measure!

Well compare an intellectually strong person who is emotionally weak with a person average on intelligence & very strong emotionally.

A person with high EQ will have great relationships, be able remain calm & centred during troubled times.

Where as a person with high IQ but a very low EQ will loose his balance during tough times.

If one has Bal ( Physical strength), Budhi ( intellect ) as well as Vidya ( emotional strength through knowledge) , that person will be the ideal one.

The Chapeter 2, Shloka 50 talks about the Sthir Pragya person - a person who is stable . He is insulated with knowledge & nothing disturbs him or shakes him. He has emotional independence.

A high EQ does not necessarily mean the person is Sthir Pragya, it just helps understand that apart from intellect, emotional awareness & freedom are key to a meaningful life.

Below is a copy paste regarding EQ and IQ

DEFINITIONS

EQ - is a measure of your emotional intelligence, or your ability to use both your emotions and cognitive skills in your life. Emotional intelligence competencies include but are not limited to empathy, intuition, creativity, flexibility, resilience, coping, stress management, leadership, integrity, authenticity, intrapersonal skills and interpersonal skills.

IQ - a number used to express the apparent relative intelligence of a person that is the ratio multiplied by 100 of the mental age as reported on a standardized test to the chronological age. IQ is the measure of cognitive abilities, such as the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new situations; the skilled use of reason; the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria (as tests); mental acuteness; logic and analytical skills.

COMPARISONS

EQ gets you through life vs. IQ gets you through school

Appealing to reason and emotions to convince someone vs. Trying to convince someone by facts alone

Using your emotions as well as your cognitive abilities to function more effectively vs. Relying solely on your cognitive skills

EXAMPLE

Samuel had a high IQ. He could reason, was analytical and logical, and had a steel-trap focus on tasks. He learned new things quickly. However, he ignored how he was feeling and how others were feeling. If things didn't do the way he expected them to, he would lose his temper and lash out at others. He was unable to relate to people who weren't as smart as he was and lacked empathy. This limited his ability to be effective in team situations even though his IQ was very high.

Jose had a high EQ. He got along well with people, and managed his own emotions well. This made him highly effective in his work, even though there were others in the firm with higher IQs. Jose was able to consider the emotional component of interactions, using both his cognitive abilities and his understanding of emotions. He was able to influence and motivate people because he understood what mattered to them and was an excellent communicator. His authenticity and integrity made him a natural leader. He was flexible and creative when faced with a challenge, and resilient in the face of temporary defeats. He was well-liked and well-respected.

KEY POINT

Your EQ has more to do with your success and happiness in life than your IQ and emotional intelligence can be learned.

Action & Reaction

We study in science thate every action has an equal & opposite reaction. And we know of the cause & effect theory.

In spirituality we learn that the quality of the action ( the intention ) determines the reaction.

There will be a result / reaction is a definite, what is not definite is what & how sometimes. We cannot determine the outcome.

Lets take an example of shooting from a rifle . When we pull the trigger the bullet is released for sure , and there will be a back lash is also certain. What is not certain is will it hit the target! That is determined by the shooters ability, intention, commitment and many other variables.

So whether is the action & reaction theory or Karam & Phal , the action is what we can control and should do it with commitment and trying to predict & control the result is futile and a waste of energy that if put in effort of the action will be better utilised.

Schooling stages

A child progresses from play group to high school. From gross motor skills to fine motor skills. Learning to read and write. Building a vocabulary. Communication skills. From short and active lessons to long and passive lectures. From instructive study to projects to self study & researches.

Its all a process of preparing the child to learn - " how to learn".

Similarly spiritual education of the Gita is prepare a child to manage life based on principles & not based on people & opinions

Magnetism & spirituality - For adults

We have learnt about the properties of magnet. And the fact the rubbing a magnet over iron will magnetise it - temporarily make the iron a magnet.

Well its similar to how our behaviours changes with the type of company we have. In "Satvic" company our conversations are different and when we are with people that align to partying etc we have a different conversations. We behave like an iron that is magnetised. Iron has certain properties that attract it to the magnetic field of the magnet.

Its like us we have the Satvik properties that attract us to satsangh and we have the Tamsic/ Rajasic ones that attract us to other things.

Iron can become a magnet when combined with the elements boron and neodymium, or when a copper wire is wrapped around the iron and electricity is run through that wire.

If we can control our Tamas & manage our Rajas we will be living more in Satwa. And when we are in Satwa we have our own magnetic field, just like a magnet.

The contracting & changing world - for parents.

Recently I watched a video about changing times and teh fact that we are preparing our children for a largely unknown future (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY).

There was another one I watched which spoke about the size of the computer 30 years ago having memory much less than a regular phone today .

Also if you watch cricket and know that its was a primarily a 5 day game. Then came the ODI's and now its 20-20. Did anyone think of cricket matches like IPL etc competing with Bollywood for the viewers time???

If you watch cricket or tennis and have been watching for years, do you notice how the game has become more about agility & speed.

We all know the world is changing, getting fast paced & contracting. But what do we do as parents to prepare our children for this world. Please post comments for sharing & common good.

Experiencing the learning

Nowadays Math is taught to kids with materials they can touch & feel. Its like saying 2+3=5, versus experiencing 2 blocks plus 3 blocks make 5 blocks. Also after learning units they visit museums or do a project to experience some of their learning.

Imagine learning about rain forests and then when we visit one, all the learning becomes vivid and we feel assured & good. Similarly learning at school about erosion and then seeing the rocks on a cost or learning about seasons and living in a location that has seasons.

If we saw the coastal rocks or lived through seasons or visited the rain forest & then learnt about them later how would that feel??? We will learn very fast for sure.

But will it make the experience of seeing the rock or being in the rain forest better!!!

Learning followed by experience, makes the experience very assuring about the knowledge and we enjoy it & understand it.

A learning that follows experience is different & has its own advantage. In this the learning with some memory from past makes it a different kind of experience.

Difficult to compare the 2, but the ability to connect a learning to an experience or the other way round greatly contributes to ones growth.

Imitating others!

Often in life we imitate others. Our friends, parents & teachers, movie stars & TV personalities.

Since we are not being ourselves in imitating others then we should imitate only what is best. (Imagine a kid who wants to cheat in an exam, he will choose to cheat from the kid known for having the right answers !!!)

So we can choose to imitate our friends best quality or TV personalities best habit. Its OK to copy other peoples good virtues as its their divinity we copy to help awaken our own divinity & good self. So if we take good habits & qualities from people around us , we are just awakening our goodness and becoming better individuals.

If we are going to copy/imitate , then one should do it for the best. So if are intending to be like someone else then makes sense to trying to be like the perfect self - the Divine!

Enlightened!

Will to explain what enlightened means to me.

Imagine a big living room that is completely dark. Now if we switch on the light an individual can look around and see everything fairly fast . Say 10 minutes!

Now imagine having to verbally explain & describe this to a blind person. It will take a while. Say 2 hours.

And if the description was done by someone seeing the room for the first time probably even longer. Maybe 6 hours!

Being enlightened is like that light switch with which one quickly experienced your surrounding & learnt about the room. Spiritual enlightenment is like the knowledge just clicked in you!!

It may be compared to hearing it from someone with no experience or someone with experience.

Action with Knowledge

We all would have heard about the story of the woodcutter & his axe.

Two woodcutters are competing to see who cuts more wood in a certain time.

Mr A keeps constantly cutting. Mr B stops after an hour for 10 minutes and sharpens his axe. Mr A thinks what a waste of time & cuts another tree. Next time when Mr B stops to sharpen his axe, Mr A still keeps cutting. without lifting his head. At the end of the day though Mr B was cutting for less time as he kept sharpening his axe, he had cut much more than Mr A. Simply because he always had a sharp axe that made him effective.

Knowing when to stop to sharpen the axe for efficiency was the lesson here.

There is another one.....

There was a man in the village who could run very fast. Once a robber came & stole cash from his home. His wife said go run after the thief. So he ran after the robber. Robber ran faster and this man ran faster too. After a few hours he returned. His wife asked where is the thief & the stolen cash ??? His response was - you asked me to run & I ran faster than the robber & he was far behind within 20 minutes!!!! So he ran with little purpose & knowledge.

So action with out knowledge does not get us there. Acting with knowledge ( sharpening axe, knowing why I am running!) is the purpose of life. Gita helps us with the knowledge and its up to us to act with the knowledge.

Cycling & Gita ( for adults)

When we learn to cycle we need training wheels & an adult to guide us. Some use knee & elbow guards , but we all have to have a few falls as part of the learning. Balancing is the main core to leaning to ride and then once we know that we learn to cycle & we learn forever! Kids take a while to learn but also their wounds from healing heal faster. Adults trying to learn have more fears & the falls sometimes take a longer while to heal.

Skills like cycling , swimming , driving take a while but are skills for ever. If we swim after a long time we take a while to get the rhythm or if have not cycled for long we may have very achy legs. So we don't forget to swim or cycle but takes an effort and causes some discomfort for a short while

Now lets relate this to learning Gita. When we start we need a Guru & a support system to help us learn. And it has to be an ongoing process for best learning. Gita knowledge is also for life and is best when in constant practice.

Kids who are introduced to it in childhood , may not get it all but have in their conscience.

Cycling is all about balancing and so is life - balancing spirituality along with everything else.

Method and Answer

In Math we often emphasis that the method needs to be correct and carries marks.

Having a correct answer with the wrong method gets no marks. The correct method with a wrong answer still gets marks.

We all know the movie will end in 2 hours, do we fast forward and reach the end to know what happened or do we watch to see how it all lead to & what happened at the end???

Do we read only the last chapter in a book???

We all are going to die. But what is more important the lives we live or the final death????

The process & method of doing a math problem or living life is important. Sometimes more important than the end or the answer!!!!

If the method is right, we need not worry, the answer will be right . So when we focus on learning & applied a method, we need not worry about the answer!

Physical & Chemical changes

We have learnt about the captioned. The one thing we all remember is that physical changes are changes in state & are temporary. Whereas chemical changes are composition changes & are permanent.

Now lets view this with the point of learning and what happens to us.

Some things we learn but the impact is kind temporary as we use that knowledge when we are in a certain state of mind.

Being kind and generous we all know is good but we are able to do that only when we are feeling kind or generous . Our state of mind (which is not stable) governs the behaviour.

A true gyani or knowledgeable person is one who imbibes the knowledge in a way that changes him/her forever and he uses the knowledge all the time. (This happens when the mind is centered).

Many of us learning & reading about values & spiritual stuff remain at the physical change level and the ones who completely absorb the knowledge go through a chemical change