Question: Sir, many a times it happens that we ask a question to ourselves and then we are also able to answer it on our own. Moreover, this is what forms the basis of so many assumptions that we take. Is this an appropriate method or should verification also be done?
Answer: Verification is valid and sometimes useful when it comes to objects.
Verification is an act of mind and must be applied only to that which is a product of mind. Things, objects, events, facts can be verified. In the domain of mental space-time world, verification helps to separate imagination from facts. Here, one knows by being a little separate, detached from the object of verification. Like in science.
But never apply verification to that which is beyond the mind. Facts can be verified, Truth cannot. Love, Joy, Freedom – these cannot be objects of mental verification. Here one knows by being the Truth. Verification requires distance. Knowing requires closeness.
We make two mistakes at two extremes:
Do not commit any of these mistakes. Vivek- discretion – means you should know what is what, and where to draw the line.
