"Everything is genetically controlled" - UG

Biology is nature's design, 'psychology' is a social and cultural design.

The way humans behave when in crisis (thought gets suspended during 'fight', 'flight' or 'freeze' moments) is biologically or genetically coded. Our primal behavior is influenced by the biological apparatus.

Scientists, Nobel awardees (the likes of Eric Kandel) tell us that there are serious, genuine limitations on what we can see, hear and sense, they point to 'how the senses distort reality'. They say senses capture only the 'shadow' of life but not life (Thought cannot capture or contain or give expression to life - UG)

Intellect is superficial, it plays an insignificant role in how the body really functions or operates.

The intellect or refined thought (the only instrument we have and there is no other instrument - UG) processes only 'the snapshot of reality', the mere shadow of the living, dynamic moment.

Thought, no doubt has changed the face of the planet with the advances in engineering and technology but has no way to solve the human problems of love, hatred, anger, greed, jealousy which have deep roots in genes or biology. There is nothing we can do. UG rightly recommends, 'stop thinking, start living!'.

Truly remarkable is the native intelligence of the body which is unparalleled (no technology or innovation can ever match it) that takes care of functioning and survival of the body under all circumstances.

This revelation is truly humbling!

"If anyone thinks he can help you, he will inevitably mislead you..." - UG

The wisdom to see reality as beyond a single teacher or a single path or a single tradition is imperative in the exploration of Life.

Only UG says it bluntly and so does Taoism of ancient China, that teachers or gurus or masters play only a peripheral role.

Taoism goes a step further and says that any Teacher is not fundamentally different from the Disciple but only a little more advanced in the journey, only he or she has had an early start.

Taoist sages caution us not to be stuck with one teacher due to sentiment or tradition ( many times inadequate or un-enlightened ) because a single teacher provides only a small window, a very circumscribed view into the vast expanse of reality.

To be eternally grateful or thankful, or to hold dearly onto relationships or sentiments could indeed be counterproductive in our individual journey or the appreciation of reality.

Many a soul is lost and trapped in master-disciple, guru-shishya quagmire!

Let us hear UG's take on gurus, in his own words:

"If anyone thinks he can help you, he will inevitably mislead you. And the less phony he is, the more enlightened he is, the more misery and mischief he will create for you!”

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