I am reminded of an anecdote of Swami Ramtirth. Once he was travelling in a ship to America. On boarding the ship he saw a very old man trying to learn japanese. Out of his surprise he asked that old man that what he's going to do by learning Japanese language at such an old age. The old man smiled back and replied that there is no age for learning anything. Swami Ramtirth wrote in his diary that night that,' I've met a young man today who was at least eighty years old'
I agree with Ramtirth. But I'll go a little further. For me, youth is not related to age but it is related to one's mind set.
Youth does not follows any one but he/she makes his/her own path. Youth understands the power of individual. Old age simply signifies blind following of any dogma. In India specially the youth has been crushed badly. Being an ancient country, India always looks for the solution of present in it's past. We try to solve all questions of life by simply looking into some ancient documents( shastras, purans). But we forget that life's reality does lies in past.
Youth, for me does not looks into past. It simply says let us solve this problem without any following of dogma.
The necessary quality of a youth's mind is quality of questioning. Youth always questions. I call Newton as youth who questioned one day that why apple falled down the tree. Why it did not went up ? His question lead him to answer and we all know that the answer was correct. And this quality of questioning is not relevant in the field of science only. Science simply means knowing. Science of outer thing can be called objective and science of inner things can be called subjective. So, questioning becomes necessary in science whether it is objective or subjective.
Old age never questions. One who is following anything blindly never cares to questions.
So, I'll say ask your self. Are you really a youth ?
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Hello,
Your quest for the absolute is impressive and inspiring. However, in all humility, and from past experience of my own and others i have come to realise that what you seek is out of reach without a guru. Not a guru who will preach and tell you what is right and wrong or anything else that is a manifestation of thought, but a guru who is THAT. The use of THAT cannot be understated. THAT is the target which you need to set your awareness on. Soon enough, you will become THAT, or realise THAT permanently. And im sure you have glimpsed it, everything is THat! do go to www.sahajayoga.org , find a centre and give your self a chance :)
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