Truth is Beyond the Rational Mind - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Everything you see is through the rational mind. But intuition, discovery and knowledge go beyond the rational mind.

Truth is beyond the rational mind. The rational mind is like a rail road track that is fixed in grooves. An airplane has no tracks; it can fly anywhere. Some people step out of the rational mind in order to rebel against society. They do it out of anger, hatred, rebellious-ness and to attract attention.

We step out of the rational mind when we do something that has no purpose. Suppose you play a game without a thought of winning or losing, just acting irrationally. Performing an act, without any purpose attached to is freedom, a dance. But if you perform an irrational act in order to find freedom, then it already has a purpose and a meaning. It is no longer irrational. It has already spoiled its own possibility.

Education has five aspects:

© "Deccan Chronicle" (dated March 13, 2004). Reprinted with permission.

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