The Heart Has Its Own Eyes
Talk #15 from Vedanta: Seven Steps to Samadhi
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"There is a state when you certainly feel like a fool, but this is the beginning of wisdom. Only fools think they are wise, and those who are wise become wise when they start thinking..."
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"There is a state when you certainly feel like a fool, but this is the beginning of wisdom. Only fools think they are wise, and those who are wise become wise when they start thinking..."
Osho continues:
"It is reported that the oracle of Delphi declared Socrates the wisest man on the earth. So a few people, disciples of Socrates, came to him and said, 'Socrates, be happy. The oracle has declared that you are the wisest man on the earth.'
"Socrates laughed and said, 'Go back. There must have been some mistake. How can I be the wisest man? – because I know only one thing, that I don't know anything, I am ignorant. So there has been some mistake. You go back and tell the oracle.'
"They went back to the oracle and said, 'Socrates himself has denied it, so there must be something erroneous. He says he is not wise, he says he realizes only one thing – that he is absolutely ignorant, he knows nothing. He claims only this much knowledge, that he knows nothing.'
"The oracle said, 'That's why I have declared that he is the wisest man, that is the reason – because only the wisest can say that he does not know anything.'
"Fools always claim knowledge. Only then, only there through their claim, can they hide their stupidity. So be happy if you feel that you are a fool and you can see your foolishness. The one who can see his foolishness has become separate from it; now foolishness exists apart. It is there but you are separate; you can witness it, you are not identified with it now. Consciously alert, everybody will see that he is a fool.
"Secondly, there is no difference between blind faith, love and surrender – be-cause all differences belong to the intellect, all distinctions belong to the intellect. The heart knows no distinctions. Whether you call it blind faith or you call it surrender or you call it love depends on your intellect. The heart doesn't know any distinction, the heart knows only the feelings – the feeling is the same.
"When do you call a faith blind? When? When the intellect says that this faith is wrong then the intellect calls it blind. When the intellect feels that some faith is justified by reason, then the intellect says that this faith is right. But does faith need any justification from reason? Is reason in any way the authority to know what is right and what is wrong in the world of feeling?
"Always rationalists have said that the believers are blind – always."
"Socrates laughed and said, 'Go back. There must have been some mistake. How can I be the wisest man? – because I know only one thing, that I don't know anything, I am ignorant. So there has been some mistake. You go back and tell the oracle.'
"They went back to the oracle and said, 'Socrates himself has denied it, so there must be something erroneous. He says he is not wise, he says he realizes only one thing – that he is absolutely ignorant, he knows nothing. He claims only this much knowledge, that he knows nothing.'
"The oracle said, 'That's why I have declared that he is the wisest man, that is the reason – because only the wisest can say that he does not know anything.'
"Fools always claim knowledge. Only then, only there through their claim, can they hide their stupidity. So be happy if you feel that you are a fool and you can see your foolishness. The one who can see his foolishness has become separate from it; now foolishness exists apart. It is there but you are separate; you can witness it, you are not identified with it now. Consciously alert, everybody will see that he is a fool.
"Secondly, there is no difference between blind faith, love and surrender – be-cause all differences belong to the intellect, all distinctions belong to the intellect. The heart knows no distinctions. Whether you call it blind faith or you call it surrender or you call it love depends on your intellect. The heart doesn't know any distinction, the heart knows only the feelings – the feeling is the same.
"When do you call a faith blind? When? When the intellect says that this faith is wrong then the intellect calls it blind. When the intellect feels that some faith is justified by reason, then the intellect says that this faith is right. But does faith need any justification from reason? Is reason in any way the authority to know what is right and what is wrong in the world of feeling?
"Always rationalists have said that the believers are blind – always."
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| Publisher | Osho International |
|---|---|
| Duration of Talk | 82 mins |
| File Size | 22.02 MB |
| Type | Individual Talks |
| Edition/ Version | 2 |
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