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comprehensive conclusion because the man may have many other traits or potential. If we do not take into consideration his other traits then all our other matters come to a stop. If we refuse to accept that which will happen in the future, then there will be no room for progress.
A child is very naughty. If on the basis of his behaviour in the present the child is branded useless, then his future would be bleak. No parent ever does that. No teacher negates the possibilities of his student's improvement.
Take my own case. In my childhood I was dull. If at that stage Acharya Tulsi had labeled me as useless then I would never have become ‘Mahapragya' (Highly knowledgeable), today. If on the basis of the present, future possibilities are negated, then all possibilities of progress are lost. Decisions are taken on the basis of the present, but alongside if the door of possibilities is left open, nothing is lost. Otherwise progress would be obstructed.
This event took place in the great scientist Einstein's childhood. He went to school. The teacher said, “You are dull, you cannot do maths. Your effort is wasted. To do maths it is necessary to have a sharp brain.”
Acharya Mahaprajna
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