The Limitation of Thought
We have hardly ever probed into the limitation of thought, as almost all our activities, be they educational, social, religious, or sexual, are premised upon thought itself. Strongly identified with intellect, we never get to realize that there is a lot beyond the chattering of the mind as well. That is why it is rare to come across a scientific temperament, which lies far beyond the realm of likes and dislikes and good and bad.
Thought, which is a response of memory, is always a product of the past, and the past has nothing whatsoever to do with reality as it has changed into the present. Everything changing every second, what was a reality yesterday is no longer a reality today; thus, thought starts acting as a deterrent to the wholistic observation of all that is existential in the present, saying that nothing has changed at all.
On the other hand, if thought is a response of memory, that is, the integration of all our experiences — all that we have seen, heard, read, and felt in our lives — it must be limited, for our experiences are limited. As a result, we can never think of anything beyond the boundary of our experiences and thought turns out to be repetitive and mechanical. It’s plausible that anyone full of thoughts must be out of touch with reality, away from the existential, entangled in their own little world.
We must also be certain about the fact that there exist no past, present, and future at all: all that there is, is in the Now. The past has got modified and become the present, and the present, getting modified right before us, is becoming the future. All the three times, then, are inseparable and one, constant change being all around.
The Rotten Educational System
When it comes to our educational systems, we encounter only the repetition and memorization of the old—information printed in books. Unfortunately, there is no scope whatsoever of the new to come into being when we are always stuck to the old. We all become mechanical, losing our capability to see the world afresh, and there remains no difference between robots, the dead, and us being full of information.
As time passes by, information, which is of the past, starts deterring us from seeing things as they are, while shaping the course of our movements in the world as per its qualitative nature. Therefore, the movements of criminals may be different from those of the spiritual or scientific.
Our likes and dislikes, too, prevent us from pure observation as we turn a blind eye to what we dislike, and, at the same time, get entangled in the thought of what we like — an image from the past—instead of observing what actually is in front. Moreover, any pure observation, which may be that of the movements of thoughts themselves, is beyond good and evil as it results in understanding — understanding being love.
