The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita :13-6.

Chapter 13: Centring the Mind in the Heart-6.


We always say, “Well, we did it somehow, by an impulsion, without understanding.”

On the other hand, there is also the logician’s brain, which is bereft of human feelings.

The mathematical approach to the personal and social existence of people cannot be regarded as the whole of life.

Mathematical logic cannot be always humane.

It may be a precise instrument, like a machine, but a machine has no feelings.

It does not understand the sentiments or requirements of people.

To be a true human being, in the complete sense of the term, there has to be a coming together of understanding and feeling.


When this is carried to its limits, the farthest end of this combination, we are on the borderland of the flash of intuition.

Intuition is a total approach of the subject in respect of the object.

Here we are discussing the supreme object of meditation, God Himself, and not merely an ordinary object.

This method can also be applied in respect of lower things.

We are told of various techniques of samyama which are the themes in some of the sutras of Patanjali, for instance, where it is mentioned that this directing of the being in concentration can be done in respect of anything in this world.

Swami Krishnananda
To be continued  ..