4 June 2026
Thursday
Man has two essential organs: the head and the heart. Pravritti (interest in the external) arises from the head (the mind), while Nivritti (interest in the internal) arises from the heart. What we are witnessing is an excessive growth of thoughts arising in the head. This means that involvement with the external world is growing from minute to minute. But internal feelings are not developing with steadiness and purity. Aeons change. The world is changing. But man’s heart is not getting transformed. Man is growing, but his heart is not expanding. It is only when the heart widens that humanness will find fulfilment. Why is the heart of man not broadening at the present time? The reason is the secular education that is prevalent today. This educational system is diverting man’s attention towards the external world. The student concentrates his attention on worldly and technical knowledge. He devotes no attention to the knowledge of spiritual and ethical importance.
From Swami’s discourse of 15 April 1995
Also on words from this discourse: The Golden Chain Still Binds, 11 June 2026, What Kucela Went For, 9 June 2026, The Tulasī Leaf in the Balance, 6 June 2026
Man has two essential organs: the head and the heart. Pravritti (interest in the external) arises from the head (the mind), while Nivritti (interest in the internal) arises from the heart. What we are witnessing is an excessive growth of thoughts arising in the head. This means that involvement with the external world is growing from minute to minute. But internal feelings are not developing with steadiness and purity. Aeons change. The world is changing. But man’s heart is not getting transformed. Man is growing, but his heart is not expanding. It is only when the heart widens that humanness will find fulfilment. Why is the heart of man not broadening at the present time? The reason is the secular education that is prevalent today. This educational system is diverting man’s attention towards the external world. The student concentrates his attention on worldly and technical knowledge. He devotes no attention to the knowledge of spiritual and ethical importance.