Materialism and emotionality are not opposites; emotions themselves often arise from material desires, fears, and biological conditioning. The real distinction is between the material-emotional world and spiritual understanding. Spirituality is not another belief, emotion, or acquisition but the clear observation of thoughts, desires, and assumptions. Many personal and social crises stem from unexamined beliefs, and meaningful change begins by questioning them, speaking truthfully, and paying attention to what occupies the mind.
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Questioner: Good evening, Acharya Ji. I am Sara. I am a first year engineering student.
So, we live in a materialistic world, where our entire personalities have been narrowed down so that we chase this tangible stuff around us. We know very well that emotional human connection is extremely important to us. We know that. Yet we have somehow been subjected by society to go after the material things that come and go from time to time. We are aware that emotional intellect and emotional connection with human beings around us would not quite leave us as often as materials do. Yet somehow we go on chasing the materials around us. This is a materialistic world, like I said.
How do I, as a person who is constantly surrounded by this group of people chasing the tangible, not fall for this chase and instead seek the emotional intelligence and human connection that is extremely important, more than the materials? How do I do that? I would really like to know.
