January 30, 2026
The what do we mean by “growing”? Growing older implies maturation. Do we understand what this means? When you say to grow older means to mature, what have you conveyed? More experience. What is experience? Experience is knowledge. What good is it? It helps me become wiser. Again what is wisdom? Learning through mistakes is experience! This growth, this maturity must make us wise; do the right thing at the right time and place, to the right person. That is wisdom.
Maturity is the ability to decide what is the right action, without being in a position to predict the result. An immature person is not able to discriminate, know which choice is safe, right. For this, one needs knowledge, wisdom, maturity. Doing the right thing means making the right choice. For this I must not gamble, this is dangerous. We cannot afford to take a chance in our decisions. What we call wisdom is the ability to make the choice correctly. This may become clear only when you get into trouble for having chosen wrongly.
What is the most essential thing in me, what must I have, how must I be, to make this right, wise choice? There is need to concentrate. The mind must be absolutely quiet. Faith in God gives you this stillness.