I just happened to see one pic which showed the tomb where it was written 'R.I.P. Dear Common sense, I will miss you', it's seemed funny but depicted the reality of the world. In today fast moving technological world Common sense has become super natural power, because hardly anyone has it. There was one high qualified automobile engineer who took the contract for making most beautiful car in the world. He started the work in his workshop with his technical friends who were also brilliant like him. In few months car was ready, owner was really pleased. Owner wanted to go for drive, when they were taking car outside they realized that car is few inches taller than entrance. Engineers felt bad that they couldn't notice this thing while creation. Someone said they can bring out the car but there will be few scratches on the top of car, other said they can break the entrance, but owner didn't like the idea of scratching and breaking. They were approached by the watchman who was watching all this drama, he wanted to give some idea if they have no problem. Engineers thought what suggestion this guy is going to give that experts couldn't give. Watchman said, "the car is only few inches taller than the entrance so if they release the air in the tyre, the height of the car will be adjusted can can be easily taken out". And idea worked, owner was more happy.
So the lesson is don't always think in complex and expert way with technical brain but use common sense, high knowledge doesn't always means you have common sense. Someone has said, "common sense is not gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it", sometimes it's so difficult to work and co-operate with people who don't have common sense. It's a basic ability to perceive, judge, and understand things and deal with reasonable way.
Prabhupad would tell the story of scholar who was once traveling in boat to cross the river. To show his knowledge he asked boatman, "do you know anything about astrology?", Boatman replied no, "I don't", scholar said, "then your 25% life is waste". He asked different questions to boatman and after hearing negative answers from him, scholar said, "you don't know anything your 75% life is waste". Meanwhile it's so happened during his journey that storm started, it was raining like anything and water of river started entering into the boat. Boatman asked the scholar, "do you know swimming?", he said," No!", boatman replied,"then your 100% life is waste" and jumped into river to cross it and scholar drowned. Scholar learned everything but forgot to learn how to protect one's life in danger, he missed the commonsense. We are also in similar condition of scholar, river is compared to the material world, there will be always turmoil in this world just like storm and rain in river, but we must know how to save our life by swimming across the river. Swimming is compared to the practicing devotional service unto the God, we may know all literatures and books but the commonsense is to understand that God is source of all and to develop a love for Him by service.
Common sense also means to see the world properly with reality. See the world with reality, which is full of problems like birth, old age, disease and death. See how much suffering exist in the world. On the other side Bhakti process is so simple, no complexities but only full of pleasure till eternity. So let's use our commonsense and choose to follow the path of devotion unto God which gives ultimate success of life.
Article by Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
So the lesson is don't always think in complex and expert way with technical brain but use common sense, high knowledge doesn't always means you have common sense. Someone has said, "common sense is not gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it", sometimes it's so difficult to work and co-operate with people who don't have common sense. It's a basic ability to perceive, judge, and understand things and deal with reasonable way.
Prabhupad would tell the story of scholar who was once traveling in boat to cross the river. To show his knowledge he asked boatman, "do you know anything about astrology?", Boatman replied no, "I don't", scholar said, "then your 25% life is waste". He asked different questions to boatman and after hearing negative answers from him, scholar said, "you don't know anything your 75% life is waste". Meanwhile it's so happened during his journey that storm started, it was raining like anything and water of river started entering into the boat. Boatman asked the scholar, "do you know swimming?", he said," No!", boatman replied,"then your 100% life is waste" and jumped into river to cross it and scholar drowned. Scholar learned everything but forgot to learn how to protect one's life in danger, he missed the commonsense. We are also in similar condition of scholar, river is compared to the material world, there will be always turmoil in this world just like storm and rain in river, but we must know how to save our life by swimming across the river. Swimming is compared to the practicing devotional service unto the God, we may know all literatures and books but the commonsense is to understand that God is source of all and to develop a love for Him by service.
Common sense also means to see the world properly with reality. See the world with reality, which is full of problems like birth, old age, disease and death. See how much suffering exist in the world. On the other side Bhakti process is so simple, no complexities but only full of pleasure till eternity. So let's use our commonsense and choose to follow the path of devotion unto God which gives ultimate success of life.
Article by Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
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