The benefits of connecting to a ‘Higher Self’
Our gyan, knowledge is meaningless unless we connect to a higher self through the concept of awareness and collective consciousness. Collectivity and connectivity together make things happen. Schools are a great example of this. There is great continuity of thought between teachers and students. Collectivity makes the children eager to do what the others are doing. If one yells, others will yell too, one jumps, others will jump too. But as we become older, ego surfaces and we become more inclined to show how different we are from others, thus collective thought and continuity vanish. This is a very basic example. If this connection is channelised towards causes for Universal welfare, a grand transformation can happen. Intelligent people are usually competing with each other, showing off their abilities, ‘you have read two Vedas, I have read three, I am superior to you.’ While the mafia gets together very quickly, ‘you…