52. Understanding, not thinking

A small story:

Once, three wise men set out on a travel journey to the city with the hope that they would learn more about life. They entered a big city and were surprised to see a very tall building, a skyscraper in the distance. They wondered what it might be.

They grouped and discussed what to do. They were afraid to go near and see for themselves thinking what if it had something dangerous in it. What if they did not know how to come out? So, they decided it was better to find out before they ventured inside.

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Finally, they concluded it was something too big for human beings and it must belong to giants. So, it was not safe for them to be in this city of giants.

all their past experiences.

Very satisfied that they had gained this new knowledge, they picked up their bags and went back to their village!

So you see there is not much you can understand from past knowledge. You cannot think about something in the mind and try to understand everything about it in that way. You need to see it, to experience it in order to fully understand. It is like the man who saw the water of Niagara Falls in a bucket and thought he knew what the Falls looked like!

You rely on thinking because you do not allow the natural understanding to happen. When you allow the understanding to happen, you don't have to think any more. Only a person who has not understood needs the crutch of thinking.

One more thing: you can only think about what you have known, what youhave The mind is like a radio that you don't know how to turn off.

experienced. Can you think about anything unknown?

You may fantasize about what the unknown could be, but that is still based on what youhave seen in the past.

With thinking, the energy of intelligence and truth is not there, so the answer will be based on your limited experience and it will always lead to further questions and doubts.

Understanding is intelligence, it is fresh and new.

Intelligence is clear, so it gives answers and not further questions. It is the answer from your very being, so it is nothing but the truth. Even if the answer that comes is 'I don't know', the ignorance is closer to the truth than pretending to know.

Not falling back on the answers rising from the past memory but functioning from your present consciousness is called understanding.

Mind – master or tool?

Thinking arises from the mind, which is actually one of the most marvelous mechanisms. But the problem arises when the mind becomes your master instead of a tool in your hands.

A small story:

There lived a king who had a very faithful servant. He was so loyal he had even risked his own life to save the life of the king on a couple occasions.

On one such occasion, the king highly pleased with the servant asked him for anything he wanted. The servant humbly replied, 'I don't need anything, O King. You have given me everything I need.'

But the king insisted. Finally, the servant said, 'Ok. If you really want to give me something, please make me the king for one day.'

The king was a bit uncomfortable but he had already promised and had to keep it up.

The morning of the day the servant became the king. He simply pointed to the king and ordered the royal guards, 'Kill him!'

The king was shocked and asked the servant, 'Do you know what you are saying?'

The servant calmly replied, 'I am the king today. I can do what I wish to.'

The king was killed and the servant remained king forever.

In this same way, when we give the power of attorney to our mind, it takes entire control over us.

The mind is like a radio that you don't know how to turn off. Since the signal is continuously broadcasting, there is no silent gap for you to feel the energy of intelligence from within you that occurs between thoughts. Because of this, you are unable to experience relaxation and you feel tired and exhausted.