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Our brains and minds have become mechanical.

Our brains and minds have become mechanical.

From Public Talk 1, Paris, 5 September 1961

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Our brains and minds have become mechanical. We are influenced; every propaganda leaves its mark. Whatever you read leaves its imprint. We are constantly being influenced by the food we eat, the climate we live in, by thought and feelings. Every thought leaves its mark. So more and more, as one observes, the brain and mind are becoming mechanical, repetitive, like a machine. We have the same thoughts, the same feelings, the same ideas, follow the same teachers, the same systems, the same beliefs. We don’t want to be disturbed from the continuity of the habit of thought, which is entirely mechanical.

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