Sentimentality and the Psycho-Spiritual Realm – Excerpt B

10 June 1990, Calcutta

Published in:

The Awakening of Women [a compilation]

Notes:

from “Under the Shelter of the Guru”

Yoga Psychology

The glands and sub-glands are controlled by the brain. The susceptibility, the automatic response of those glands and sub-glands, is regulated by the nerve cells. There are numerous, countless cells in the brain. Some people say that there are one thousand cells [based on the thousand-petalled lotus of the scriptures] in the brain, but actually there are many, many more. Just as we use the expression “thousands” without actually counting, so we might also speak of “one thousand”.

The number of cells in a female body is a little smaller than the number in a male body. Again, from the viewpoint of sentimentality, the number of nerve cells in a womanʼs body is a little greater than that in a manʼs. That is why in areas needing intelligence, knowledge and rationality men progress rapidly, and in areas where success depends on sentimentality, women progress very swiftly. Through the dispensation of God, menʼs deficiency is balanced by womenʼs sentimentality, and womenʼs deficiency is balanced by menʼs resoluteness and subtle propensive propulsion. And this is why in the sphere of education, both men and women must be afforded equal opportunities. Otherwise society will become crippled, and its all-round well-being cannot be achieved.

10 June 1990, Calcutta

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From: Sentimentality and the Psycho-Spiritual Realm – Excerpt B

Published in: The Awakening of Women [a compilation]

Source: Electronic edition version 9.0.13