What is Knowledge : Ch-3. Part-22.

Chapter-3. A Philosophic Outlook of Life

Part-22.

Here is the distinction between a philosophic outlook of life and the outlook of the man of straw, the man in the street.

We have been men of straw, and we are perhaps that even now.

But we can never be satisfied with this kind of drab living.

We want to know what is the matter with all things.

This is why we are searching for something.

We go here, there – to Nepal, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, and all places – because we do not know where what is.

"Let us search for something," but we have found it nowhere.

It cannot be found anywhere, because it is everywhere.

It is like searching for the sky.

"Let me search for the sky."

Why do we search for the sky?

We are in the sky. And we know we are in space, so we need not search for space.

Swami Krishnananda
To be continued  ...