So many love affairs are actually based on not much more than gossip. What do the couples mostly do? Do they discuss wisdom? Do they discuss the renaissance enlightenment? They gossip and they gossip like hell. But that gossip is so fruitful; they get sex. Kids are born and mind you, rarely would you find a man and a woman who would be able to trust each other without gossiping, without engaging in small talk, loose talk.
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Questioner: Namaste, I would like to raise the issue of gossiping from an evolutionary psychology perspective. It has basically only benefits, like maintaining community and building like bonding in large groups. Still being engaged in someone’s private and personal life seems somewhat questionable to me. I am raising the issue because I cannot see the benefit in today’s world, neither in the role of the gossiper nor in the role of the listener. So, I would like to request you that you elaborate on the topic like whether it has got any role in the spiritual process?
Acharya Prashant: No, it has no role. One has to understand what is it that evolves, over time. What is this entire game of evolution in Prakriti, in physical nature?
The urge to be peaceful stands where it is. Or has it evolved? All evolution has taken place in the material domain. The center of man’s consciousness has not evolved. It cannot evolve. Why? Because it is standing right next to the real thing. Any step of evolution would just dissolve it. It has everything except freedom, right? The only way it can evolve is by disappearing into freedom. So, it has not evolved at all.
