The very term, by which the book containing the Upanishads
is called, Aranyakas, means that which is to be taught and studied in the
forest.
It means that a field
of peace and majesty is necessary for the mind and intellect vehicle to speed
out and take off from the gross, material earth – earthly thoughts and
considerations.
You need not look aghast at this statement. Even when you
have some small personal problem, say to resign the present job or not, what do
you do? Don’t you walk out of home and go to a quiet and silent park and lying
down there under a tree, mentally review the pros and cons and come to a final
decision?
When an ordinary material problem needs this much of
solitude, peace and space-sense about us, how much more should one need the
help of a right atmosphere to delve within and seek the Eternal Well of Life?
Swami Chinmayananda
Source – Discourses on Kenopanishad by Swami Chinmayananda
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