A mind full of desires gets blind. It comes to supremely stupid conclusions, and it refuses to see or acknowledge facts that disrupt or disprove its biases. It's just that the fulfillment of the desire stands zero chance of your fulfillment. But there is definitely some chance that the desire can get fulfilled. And if you are stupid enough and laborious enough, the chance of desire fulfillment can also multiply.
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Questioner: Namaste Acharya Ji. The actual verses of the Gita by Sri Krishna seem totally opposite of what we interpret them to be today. But how is it possible that still, many people get their wishes fulfilled? And then, there are many places and deities who are popular today just because people's desires get fulfilled by visiting them.
Why is the wrong interpretation of the Gita still working for people and even getting popular with the so-called intellectuals?
Acharya Prashant: He says here, a mind full of desires becomes insane. So, you just forget the basics of logical and critical thinking. You start losing sense of the entire field of probability. What is stochastic starts appearing divine to you.
You know of the one dozen kinds of biases in the field of psychology, don't you? A mind full of desires gets blind. It comes to supremely stupid conclusions, and it refuses to see or acknowledge facts that disrupt or disprove its biases. Any desire stands some chance of fulfillment, does it not?
