Tuesday, 19 August 2008

RIGHT REASONING LEADS TO BLISS


A MAN WHO WANTS TO ATTAIN TO THE INNER PEACE HAS TO BE TRAINED ONTO VITARKA - SPECIAL REASONING. REASONING WITHOUT A GOAL IS CALLED TARKA; REASONING WITH A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE IS CALLED KUTARKA; REASONING WITH A POSITIVE GROUNDING IS CALLED VITARKA.
VITARKA VICHAR ANANDA :
ON PATANJALI : OSHO SAYS IF YOU ARE ATTUNED WITH VITARIKA A POSITIVE REASONING - THEN YOU CAN BE A THINKER, NEVER BEFORE IT. YOU ALSO THINK THAT YOU THINK THAT PATANJALI WILL NOT AGREE. HE SAYS YOU HAVE THOUGHTS,VAGRANT THOUGHTS LIKE A CROWD BUT NO THINKING.BETWEEN YOU TWO THOUGHTS THERE IS NO INNER CURRENT. THEY ARE UPROOTED THINGS; THERE IS NO INNER PLANNING. YOUR THINKING IS CHAOS. IT IS NOT A COSMOS; IT HAS NO INNER DISCIPLINE. YOU HAVE NOT A CENTRE WITHIN WHICH CAN THINK. THINKING IS A QUALITY OF YOUR INNER BEING. WHAT DOES THINKING MEAN? IT MEANS TO RETAIN YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS TO REMAIN ALERT AND AWARE, TO ENCOUNTER A PROBLEM. A PROBLEM IS THERE; YOU FACE IT WITH YOUR TOTAL AWARENESS AND THEN ARISES AN ANSWER - A RESPONSE. THIS IS THINKING.
ON PATANJALI OSHO SAYS VITARKA - RIGHT REASONING, LEADS TO REFLECTION - VICHAR. REFLECTION - VICHAR, LEADS TO BLISS. THIS IS THE FIRST GLIMPSE, OF COURSE, AND IT IS A GLIMPSE.

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