Page 378 - Complete Works of Dr. KCV Volume 1

understand why some people who merely love words cannot penetrate the inner sanctum of philosophical experience.
But then all the time we wander, and we must come back. After all our wandering around, and after experiencing multifarious things, we have ultimately to come back to our position. That is the only virtue. In fact you all know the saying "Vriddha Nari Pativrata"! So I wandered, and now I have come back. Now arises the necessity for a dedication to the goal; we must dedicate ourselves-we must have 'Diksha' and that is, for Realization, a cardinal thing.
The Kenopanishad, that noblest of the Upanishads, asks kenesitam patati preshitam manah ..... and it immediately answers:
Srotrasya Srotram Manaso Mano yad
Vacho ha Vacham sa hi Pranasya Pranaha.
When you ask these simplest of questions, with what do I see? With what do I hear? With what do I speak? The answer immediately comes:
Chakshushaschakshur Atimuchya dhirah
Pretya Asmallokad Amrita Bhavanti.
When the Kena puts it in this definitive form, they, the Rishis, are asking you to experience and feel the very pulse of your being.
Who can inject this into you? That is next question. We have wandered away from the centre. Who can take you back? Arjuna, after having listened to the eighteen chapters of the Gita, in the ecstasy of listening to the Master, heard more than what he heard with his ears. He understood much more than what he could have if he had only heard with his ears, and seen with his eyes. And all because of the Love of God, which made it possible for him to do so. Arjuna says 'I have to go back to the centre. I can't do it by myself. You must help me.'