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Kas iš tikrųjų yra šventa? Ar apskritai egzistuoja toks dalykas? Kas yra šventa, ir kas yra šventas veiksmas? Veiksmas juk ir yra gyvenimas.
Norėdami tai išsiaiškinti ne žodžiais, bet visa savo širdimi, protu ir visa savo esybe, nes suvokiate šio klausimo svarbą, turite atidėti į šalį žodį, vaizdinį, simbolį, teoriją ir žinias, kurias laikėte šventomis.
Visa tai turi būti visiškai ir galutinai palikta nuošalyje.
Galite akmenį paversti šventu ar sakraliu daiktu. Mintis gali bet ką paskelbti šventu ir sakraliu, tačiau nuo to tas dalykas nebūtinai tampa šventas.
Ar pati mintis yra šventa, kad ir kokia subtili, rafinuota, graži ar kilni ji būtų?
Ar ji nėra tik mechaninis procesas – reakcija į įvairias atminties, patirties ir žinių formas, todėl iš esmės mechaninis ir materialus reiškinys?
Galite ką nors vadinti šventu ar sakraliu. Žmogaus protas, turintis didžiulį troškimą atrasti kažką nepraeinamai gražaus, gali net pačią mintį pavadinti šventa.
Tačiau ar ji tokia yra?
Norint iš tikrųjų tai atrasti, ne tik protu, bet ir širdimi, reikia atmesti viską, ką mintis sukūrė kaip šventa: viską, ką ji sudėjo į knygas, viską, ką sukūrė žmogaus protas ar ranka.
Visa tai turi būti palikta nuošalyje, nes žmogus save apgaudinėja be galo.
Pati iliuzija tampa šventa, nes žmogus ją myli.
Mintis gali tai, kas negražu, paversti nepaprastai gražiu. Net tai, ką vadiname blogiu, ji gali paversti nuostabiu ir didingu dalyku.
Todėl, jei protas ir širdis nori atrasti, kas yra iš tiesų šventa ir kas yra iš tiesų šventas gyvenimo būdas, visa tai turi būti visiškai ir galutinai atmesta.
From Can the Mind Be Quiet?
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What really is sacred? Is there such thing? What is sacred, and what is action that is sacred? Action being living. To find this out, not verbally but with your heart, with your mind, with your whole being, because you understand the significance of it, you must put aside the word, the image, the symbol, the theory, the knowledge that you have considered sacred. You must put aside all these completely and utterly. You can make a stone into a holy or sacred thing. Thought can make anything sacred and holy, but it is not necessarily then holy. Is thought in itself sacred, however subtle, however refined, however beautiful or noble it may be? Or is it merely a mechanical thing, a response to various forms of memories, experiences and knowledge, and therefore quite mechanistic and of matter? You can or may call something holy or sacred. The human mind, with its tremendous longing for something imperishably beautiful, may call thought itself holy. But is it? To really find out or come upon it with your heart, one must discard everything that thought has created as sacred, everything that it has put together in the form of a book, and everything it has made by the mind or by the hand. All that must be set aside because man deceives himself so endlessly. The very illusion becomes sacred because he loves the illusion. The ugly can be made most beautiful by thought. The very evil, if one can use that word, can be made the most marvellous thing. So if the mind and heart are to find what is the most sacred thing and the most sacred way of living, one must set aside all this utterly and completely.
From Can the Mind Be Quiet?
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What really is sacred? Is there such thing? What is sacred, and what is action that is sacred? Action being living. To find this out, not verbally but with your heart, with your mind, with your whole being, because you understand the significance of it, you must put aside the word, the image, the symbol, the theory, the knowledge that you have considered sacred. You must put aside all these completely and utterly. You can make a stone into a holy or sacred thing. Thought can make anything sacred and holy, but it is not necessarily then holy. Is thought in itself sacred, however subtle, however refined, however beautiful or noble it may be? Or is it merely a mechanical thing, a response to various forms of memories, experiences and knowledge, and therefore quite mechanistic and of matter? You can or may call something holy or sacred. The human mind, with its tremendous longing for something imperishably beautiful, may call thought itself holy. But is it? To really find out or come upon it with your heart, one must discard everything that thought has created as sacred, everything that it has put together in the form of a book, and everything it has made by the mind or by the hand. All that must be set aside because man deceives himself so endlessly. The very illusion becomes sacred because he loves the illusion. The ugly can be made most beautiful by thought. The very evil, if one can use that word, can be made the most marvellous thing. So if the mind and heart are to find what is the most sacred thing and the most sacred way of living, one must set aside all this utterly and completely.
From Can the Mind Be Quiet?