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EXAMPLES OF

                              THOUGHTLESSNESS
                                  IN EVERYDAY LIFE






                  s we saw in the earlier sections, one who cannot use
                  his wisdom is at a great loss both in this world and the
         A next. However, it would not be right to assess this loss
         only in terms of spirituality. A person also faces various hard-
         ships, discomfort, and losses caused by thoughtlessness in his
         daily life.
           So, in this section we will explain the seriousness of this dan-
         ger by providing examples of the kind of thoughtlessness that
         dogs the unintelligent person throughout his life.


           IMPRUDENCE OF A THOUGHTLESS PERSON
           In newspapers and television, we witness many occurrences
         that come about as a result of a lack of caution. And there is no
         end to these happenings. And many people make similar mis-
         takes themselves, even though they read about them in the
         newspapers. We regularly come across a number of people who
         are go to sleep holding a cigarette and burn their homes down,
         whose children fall from balconies, whose fingers get caught in
         factory machinery, and so on and so forth. Without a doubt such
         examples of thoughtlessness are daily events experienced in so-
         cieties that have strayed from religion. These people cannot
         make accurate predictions on how an event will develop after a
         few phases. Similarly, they cannot draw wise conclusions from
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