December 2, 1999 Pandalam, Kerala, India
230. THINK FRESH
To think fresh you need to be free of all impressions. Let go of all impressions right this moment and be hollow and empty. When you hear a word, the sound conveys the meaning instantaneously. Similarly, the knowledge that you are sitting, standing or talking needs neither confirmation nor proof.
Just an intention to be free makes you free right away. Realisation that freedom is your very nature brings enormous "Shakti" (energy).
Forget about this knowledge sheet and be fresh! (Laughter)
October 14, 1998 Montreal Ashram, Canada
175. THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF UNDERSTANDING
There are three kinds of understanding: intellectual understanding, experiential understanding and existential realisation.
Intellectual understanding says "yes," it agrees. Experiential understanding feels, is obvious. Existential realisation is irrefutable. It becomes your very nature.
All you hear will simply remain a jumble of words if there is no experiential understanding, which is more on the feeling level. You can know intellectually that you are hollow and empty, but sitting and feeling that you are hollow and empty is totally different.
When one gets an experience, one wants to understand more about it and becomes a seeker. If you have only intellectual understanding, you will think you know it all. Most theologians are in this category.
Existential realisation contains within it both experiential and intellectual understanding. But it is beyond both of these.
Question: How do we get there?
Sri Sri: There is no way. When the fruit becomes ripe, it falls.
Question: What is doubt? Sri Sri: t is one part of the mind challenging the other part of the mind.
No comments:
Post a Comment