Questioner (Q): Why do we forget?
Acharya Prashant (AP): The question is, "Why do we forget? Why forgetting is a property of the mind?"
Do not ask, "Why do we forget?" Just remember that we forget. Because when you forget then you don’t ask this question that, "Why do we forget?" Have you ever seen a man who has forgotten asking this question that, "Why do we forget?" Have you ever seen this? When you are asking that - Why do we forget? - in that moment you have not forgotten.
I am saying that do not ask that, "Why do I forget?" Just remember that, "I forget!" Just remember this tendency of the mind, because even if I give an answer, you will forget the answer. Because you are prone to forgetting. What will you do with my answer? What have you done with all my answers till now?
You forget so much that you don’t even know that you forget. I asked you all to write your learning after the session. After the last session, one of you sent your learning. I had to ask two-three people who attended the session whether I said anything close to what is written on the paper. Maybe I did and I don’t remember. They said, “We can answer your query only when we understand in which language is this written. Maybe the writer not only forgot what you said, but you also forgot all the languages of the world.”
(Laughter)
