Questioner 1: In my experience, what’s happening is that I really like reading scriptures, so I’ve been reading them for quite some time. But with time, what I’ve observed is that earlier there used to be a freshness and it would stay with me. There was a sense of excitement also.
Of late I see that missing, so if I face a situation, all that comes back to me. But that excitement, which used to give hope, that okay, there’s some change happening. So, that seems to be missing, not able to really read the situation.
Could you please help me out here?
Acharya Prashant: You see, the nature of the mind must not be forgotten. Because the mind is never happy with itself, therefore it is looking for continuous change. It will look for change even in scriptures and you cannot resist that, because the mind will keep acting unhappy and dissatisfied, even as you are reading the scripture.
And the scripture is meant to be fed to the mind and the mind becomes an unwilling recipient. So, all that becomes inefficient. You are reading, spending time and the mind is not quite partaking in the process, so what do you do?
You say, “Fine, you want change, I’ll give you change.”
