Your Questions Answered by Swami Krishnananda    A- A+  Chapter
47: Knowledge and Material Power  SWAMIJI: Even if I explain it,
it will not enter the mind, because a fundamental problem will
prevent you from understanding it. It will prevent you from even
appreciating what I am saying.  How will you remove the
fundamental problem? It is the basic defect in thinking, which
applies to every human being, barring very rare exceptions. It
is that fundamental defect in thinking which has given rise to
certain doctrines of psychology called behaviorism, pragmatism,
utilitarianism, materialism, etc. You cannot say that they are
foolish doctrines, but they are really untenable, for the reason
that they are imagining that the mind of a person is subsidiary
to the physical body, is an emanation of the body, or a function
of the body. This is a fundamental defect in thinking.  If the
mind is subsidiary to the body, whatever the mind does is not of
any worth – it has no value. Education comes under mental
activity; there