Inner truth: The Famine of Understanding

No two people seem to be able to understand one another. That is why we hear those words being uttered again and again; “Why don’t you understand me!” The age we live in, as it appears to me, is the age in which misunderstanding abounds. It is understanding that is needed.

It was Zoroaster who said: “Know well that a hundred temples of wood and stone are of no value as compared to one understanding heart”. The tragedy of today is that the brain power has been developed but nothing has been done to cultivate the heart. Science is marching on, technological progress has been made, but the problems that are before civilization today, those problems will not be solved by the developed brains alone. Understanding, awakened, illuminated hearts are needed. And to have understanding the very first condition is you must develop the will to understand.

Dada JP Vaswani, head of Sadhu Vaswani Mission, is a spiritual master and author.

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