Study, he used to say, is an “un-wounding process”. You don’t need to do any
excesses or exhibit bravado for doing this study, like leaving a job or practicing an
austere life of renunciation or becoming an ascetic nomad. Understand first,
Do after
that. Take your family along. Fulfill your obligations. His message is about leading an
integral life that is universal and therefore inclusive.
You don’t need to “build”
relationships. You need to “recognize” purpose of relationships in which you already
are. The world is not an illusion. It is real. It is permanent. It has stability. It has
definiteness.
Study is a natural and incremental progression to transition from animal
consciousness to human consciousness. There is no overlap between animal
consciousness and human consciousness. These are two planes of being.
All statuses of animal consciousness have a path of incremental progression to awakening or
human consciousness. Much to the chagrin of many of his followers, he wouldn’t give
any toe-space between the two levels of consciousness, or concede any width to this
transition, or allow anyone to do any kind of alteration or adulteration to make his
message more palatable to crowds! The transition in consciousness, he would say, is
irreversible. There is no way of forgetting that which you have understood.


Rakesh Gupta