The World’s Biggest Problem Is Not What You Think It Is

<p>I was cycling in the upper recesses of the Himalayas and stayed over for a couple of nights in a monk&rsquo;s hermitage. Over morning tea, two local guests questioned him about sharing his opinion on an issue of political interest.</p> <p>He asked them back, What do you have to do with this? If I say in favor or against, how will that make any material difference in their lives? Don&rsquo;t you have your own problems to solve?</p> <p>People consider it their right to ask seemingly profound questions or look intellectual in the presence of a wise man.</p> <p>I couldn&rsquo;t control my laughter and narrated a Zen story from Hakuin&rsquo;s life.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/change-your-mind/the-worlds-biggest-problem-is-not-what-you-think-it-is-58224877dd78"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>