For the wise, nothing has any meaning; all things are just playthings.
For the fool, even playthings become very serious.
Have you not seen kids, adolescents getting into a brawl over a game of soccer? That’s how the worldly mind is. For him everything is important, everything has a meaning, everything is to be taken seriously, because something big is always at stake for the fool. Pride, prestige, advancement, achievement, security—something is always at stake. He is always in the danger of getting belittled.
This article has been created by volunteers of the PrashantAdvait Foundation from transcriptions of sessions by Acharya Prashant
