Mundaka Upanishad : Chapter 1: Section 1 : Discussion-4
01/06/2018 Mundaka Upanishad : Chapter 1: Section 1 : Discussion-4 All knowledge is a graduated training of the mind in the process of enlightenment. From the perceptible, visible, gross, tangible and acceptable reality, we gradually move the mind to that which is not easily acceptable and cannot be understood as quickly as we can understand that which is seen with the eyes directly. That the Sun is giving light to us, that it is now daytime, and that the Sun rose at a particular hour in the morning, is something acceptable. But that the Sun gives light to all parts of the world at different times, in a very systematic manner, is something that cannot be seen with the eyes directly. It requires a little imagination and intensive study to know this other fact involved in the illumination given by the Sun on the Earth, as it is not actually physically accessible to vision. There are degrees of knowledge, and there are as many degrees of knowledge as there are degrees of the p