(Continued...)
The printing press came as a revolution. And it
became the order of the day for anybody to write on anything, publish and put
it in the hands of anybody. One of the earliest effects was that profound ideas
got mundane interpretations in the hands of the uninitiated. As independent
human beings each one felt that whatever strikes his mind is right and each one
made his own interpretations.
Neither the authors of books had the strength of
practice behind them; nor the readers had any intention to try and
experience what they read. Several
readers were just curious and nothing more.
Or they were interested in a so-called ‘academic research’ mostly for
purposes of self-glorification and recognition in the material world. How can
any spiritual benefit arise from these?
(Continued...)
