Silence shared in words
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Meditation the Medicine for Spiritual Health
Why is childlikeness
compared to meditation?
when a man is reborn
only then he understands
the beauty
and the grandeur of childhood
The child is ignorant
hence he is unable to understand
the tremendous innocence that surrounds him
Once a child becomes aware
of his own innocence
there is no difference between the child and the sage
The sage is not higher
and the child is not lower
The only difference is
the child knows not what he is
and the sage knows it.
I am reminded of Socrates
In his very last moments of life
he said to his disciples
"When I was young
I used to think I knew much
As I became older
as I knew more
a strange thing started happening
an awareness
that knowing more
was bringing me
to knowing less."
And finally
when the Oracle of Delphi
declared Socrates
to be the wisest man in the world...
the people of Athens were very happy
and they went to Socrates
but Socrates said
"Go back and tell the Oracle
that at least for once
its prophecy has been wrong
Socrates knows nothing."
The people were shocked
They went to the Oracle... but the Oracle laughed
and said, "That's why I have declared him
the wisest man in the world!
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