{"id":4387,"date":"2013-07-13T01:55:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=4387"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:55:39","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:55:39","slug":"04-28-december-1950-vol-04-questions-and-answers-volume-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/02-works-of-the-mother\/01-cwmce\/04-questions-and-answers-volume-04\/04-28-december-1950-vol-04-questions-and-answers-volume-04","title":{"rendered":"-04_28 December 1950.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\n28 December 1950<\/font><\/span><\/b>
\n<\/font>
\n <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Mother reads out
\nher article \u201cCorrect Judgment\u201d<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

(On Education<\/font><\/span><\/i>).<\/span><\/font><\/span>
\nAfter examining various elements<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/font><\/span>that<\/span> falsify our
\njudgment, Mother adds this commentary<\/font><\/span>: <\/font> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

The sense organs
\nare under the influence of the psychological state of the individual because
\nsomething comes in between the eye’s perception and the brain’s reception. It
\nis very subtle; the brain receives the eye’s perceptions through the nerves;
\nthere is no reasoning, it is so to say instantaneous, but there is a short
\npassage between the eye’s perception and the cell which is to respond and
\nevaluate it in the brain. And it is this evaluation of the brain which is under
\nthe influence of feelings. It is the small vibration between what the eye sees
\nand what the brain estimates which often falsifies the response. And it is not
\na question of good faith, for even the most sincere persons do not know what is
\nhappening, even very calm people, without any violent emotion, who do not even
\nfeel an emotion, are influenced in this way without being aware of the
\nintervention of this little falsifying vibration. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>At times moral notions also intermix and
\nfalsify the judgment but we must throw far away from us all moral notions; for
\nmorality and Truth are very far from each other (if I am shocking anybody by
\nsaying this, I am sorry, but it is like that). It is only when you have
\nconquered all attraction and all repulsion<\/span> that you
\ncan have a correct judgment. As long as there are things that attract you and
\nthings that repel you, it is not possible for you to have an absolutely sure
\nfunctioning of the senses.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Everybody knows, for example, that
\nwhen there is an accident, there may be two, three or ten witnesses, but they
\ndo not see the same thing at all; one thing happens but there are no two
\npersons who see it in the same way. With the inner shock,
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 11<\/span><\/p>\n

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they<\/span><\/span> perceive only a
\nvery small part of what happens.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But there is a way
\nof reconciling the impressions \u2013 the idea and the opposite idea \u2013 is by
\nconsidering them as two ends of one and the same line; then by putting between
\nthese two ends innumerable other ideas which follow each other, you come to
\nfind that there is an accord among them. You also find out that this is a very
\ninteresting exercise. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cHe alone who is above likes and dislikes,
\ndesires and preferences can look at things with perfect impartiality, through
\nsenses that are in their functioning objective, like that of an extremely
\ndelicate and perfected machine, to which is added the clarity of a living consciousness.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cCorrect Judgment\u201d, On Education
\n<\/font> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

I say \u201cobjective
\nperception\u201d. To see objectively is to see and judge without adding anything
\nfrom oneself, free from all personal reaction. One must learn to see a thing
\nwithout mixing up in it any personal feelings. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>And I add that this \u201cperfected machine\u201d can do
\nnothing without the clarity of a living consciousness. When the consciousness
\nis one<\/i>, you can know by identity;
\nthat is, by uniting your consciousness with the object or the person you want
\nto know or judge impartially, you enter into an inner contact with this object
\nor person, and then it is possible for you to know with absolute certainty…<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Also what deforms and falsifies is the anxiety
\nfor the consequences. To have an absolutely true judgment, you must know how to
\nexecute and act without desire \u2013 only one in a thousand can do that. Almost all
\nare anxious about the result or have the ambition to obtain a result. You must
\nnot be anxious about the results; simply do a thing because you have seen that
\nit is that which must be done: tell yourself, \u201cI am doing this because this is
\nthe thing to be done, and whatever may happen <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 12<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>afterwards<\/span> is not my
\nconcern.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>That evidently is an ideal and until it is reached
\nthe action will always be mixed. Therefore unless you are moved by a clear
\nvision of the Truth, you must take as your rule to do always what you have to
\ndo, for it is that and nothing else that has to be done. <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage – 13<\/span><\/p>\n

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