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Towards Infinity - Preface
They may however silence others by the logical display of their scholarly knowledge but still the reality at the bottom seldom remains unrevealed. May God have mercy on those who are in the hands of such impostors who keep themselves confined only to books.
The real wisdom not being the concern of such persons, they pretend to preach and lead people on the path, which they themselves have never traversed. Living is not for them to bother about, forbearance is a foreign word to them, and toleration is against the code of their so-called saintly conduct. Acceptance of personal service from others is their birthright while to serve others in the same way is below their exalted dignity. To them divine knowledge is quite exclusive of all these most common rules of etiquette and good conduct. In their view wisdom is only an academic current meant for the fickle minded masses, theirs being the only job to divert it towards them. This is all the greatness of their saintly personalities. How to awaken the various states of the real wisdom in the abhyasi’s mind is not their concern at all. To understand the mysteries of the Granthis (knots) or to attain Layavastha (merging) and to unfold and master the different states of enlightenment is all beyond their conception. Neither do they themselves know anything about it nor would they condescend to learn it from anyone and accept his guidance in the matter. Yet from whom, after all, are they to learn when all of them are alike in this respect?
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