Thread: Gurus and higher education
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Old 10-05-2015, 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Free1
What is "complex intellectual temperament". I found the combination interesting.

The greater the intellectual complexity, especially absorption in ideas and an incessant thought process, the greater the inability to connect with life and nature.

As Allan Watts stated, " A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with reality, and lives in a world of illusion."

And greater the inability to connect with life and nature, the greater the need for a Guru .
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