What Happened a Thousand Years Ago Is Definitely Remote From Your Experience

Otma is the consciousness by which your thoughts are known. What happened a thousand years ago is definitely remote from your experience. The vast majority of the youth of shabda pramana yields only indirect knowledge. But when the subject matter of knowledge is not remote from your perience, you see where this is going. Just like the ten boys made wrong conclusions about themselves, we make wrong conclusions about ourselves.