Sometimes you need to see the forest, sometimes you need to study the tree.

"Truth is in silence. Once spoken, it is no longer the truth. No shabda (word) can hold the truth. Still many scriptures were written in an attempt to write the Truth, knowing very well it will fail. Here, I speak to you not to tell you the truth but to create the hunger within you that will seek the Truth. My words act like *ghee* that will ignite... See more

I appreciate the opinion and it is well written, but to me it feels a little bit as if it is romanticising avoidable frustration.

I also have a PhD and I now work in science, and, in my experience, not being able to find the resources to do research does not primarily lead to catharsis and illumination, but a lot of page-flipping and time-wasting.... See more

I feel like some books are sacred in a way. A person's knowledge and life experiences crystallised with their own words. It's like you skip all the usual levels of conversation and go straight to the depth of their minds.