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Can thought transform man? Thought has created this world of nationalities an...

Can thought transform man? Thought has created this world of nationalities an...

Public Talk 1 in New Delhi, 24 November 1973

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Can thought transform man? Thought has created this world of nationalities and wars, the world of class differences, the world of corruption and sovereign governments fighting each other, the world of violence, hatred, brutality, the world of greed. Can thought transform man? I am putting the question to you, which is most unfortunate; you should put this question to yourself because this is a fundamental question. You have found that thought has created the economic, competitive world; thought has divided the Arab and the Jew, the Hindu and the Muslim. You have had wars, killing each other. Thousands of mothers, wives and sisters are crying the world over. All this is the result of thought. Thought has created the technological world, the world of knowledge, science, engineering, mathematics, and so on. That is necessary, but the mind that uses that for selfish reasons, in the name of one’s country, in the name of God, in the name of science, that mind has to be changed.

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