In the Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa has a student named Arjuna, who asked Him various questions. One of the ones that I've always appreciated was, "How do you tell if somebody is spiritually advanced?" And he asked, "How does such a person sit? How does he walk? And also, how does the person speak?" And all of these are indicative of what's inside ourselves—how we speak, how we think about the world, where we walk, where are we going, using our legs. Sometimes we say we "vote with our feet." And Kṛṣṇa said to Arjuna, when He first answered that, "When one is able to notice that the mind is a factory that's producing ideas for enjoyment, happiness in the world, or avoiding unhappiness, more likely, and is able to observe that 'I'm separate from the mind. The mind is going on creating these things, and I'm not obligated to chase after them.'" And then He said that one who can find satisfaction within him or herself, that's a sign that you're making spiritual advancement. It's something to be experienced directly.

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