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Is thought the instrument of right action?

Is thought the instrument of right action?

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Public Talk 2 Brockwood Park, England
August 26, 1979

Can human consciousness be transformed?

Part of knowledge is part of ignorance. When we rely entirely on knowledge as a means of advance, as a means of ascent of man, we are also maintaining ignorance.

Is there an observation which is not the instrument of thought?

Effort implies the action of will. Will is desire, and there are multiple forms of desire. Desire in its activity must create effort.

What is the relationship between the senses and desire?

Is it possible to live a daily life without a single effort?

Our consciousness is the consciousness of mankind, and in freeing consciousness of its content we have responsibility to the whole. That is essentially the nature of love and compassion.