Krishnamurti, Balsekar, Maharishi, Nisargadatta, Rajneesh ...

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student: You seem to draw to you those Souls who long for understanding.

Why do some Souls crave understanding while others don't?

 

Aziz: We attract Souls who long for understanding, for the very simple

reason that the teaching we represent is intelligent. It is easy to find an

intellectual teaching, but intellectual is not the same as intelligent. For

example, J. Krishnamurti taught in a very intellectual way; he tried to

bring awakening only through the power of inquiry. But he did not seem to

understand fully the complex process of awakening and the necessity of

practice. It was at the end of his life, that he seemed to acknowledge the

necessity of practice. Most seekers who follow his teaching, unfortunately,

stop at the level of intellectual satisfaction. His teaching, on some

level, takes away from them the responsibility of practice. That's why,

with the full respect for his inspiring personality, we would not call his

teaching holistic, as it overlooks some essential practical elements.

Another intellectual teaching is presented by Ramesh Balsekar. He is a

wonderful person, but his teaching is one of the most impractical ones

existing on this planet! It is a very linear and ultra simplistic

interpretation of Advaita philosophy. It is certainly not an intelligent

teaching. Teachers like Ramana Maharishi, or Nisargadatta Maharaj were able

to combine a certain practical understanding of the Path with Advaita's

non-dual idealistic vision. From the other side, the teaching presented by

Rajneesh was a very intelligent teaching but unfortunately did not point

clearly to Enlightenment. It was to introduce spirituality in such a way as

to inspire the mind, mock ignorance and provide an alternative vision of

life. On the other hand, the whole 'atmosphere' he created was based on a

strong guru-image and magical notion of Enlightenment. That's why he

attracted thousands of seekers. But if a master draws thousands of

students, it is a sign that the teaching is not pointing to the real thing

and the level of compromise is immense. Why is that? Because the Souls who

seek Truth are rare… humanity is simply not intelligent, not excluding the

spiritual minority.

An intelligent teaching is not intellectual but includes the intellectual

understanding as well. Most teachers teaching in the name of Enlightenment

are neither practical nor do they present any intelligent teaching. They

usually repeat spiritual slogans based on guru projections and somehow try

to make their students dependent. It is all based on projecting a strong

ego-image onto others in the name of Enlightenment. It is sad but most

teachers giving Satsang in India, foreigners included, are a real joke! It

is truly embarrassing to listen to their 'teachings.' There is not a

teaching in truth, just pleasant or unpleasant gibberish. At least, in

Buddhist tradition, there were different ways to check one's competence as

a teacher, for examining the attainment of his students. When master Joshu

got enlightened, he stayed twenty years with his master Nansen to polish

his understanding. And in India we hear stories, like in Pune or Rishikesh

about some woman or man getting enlightened and the next day starting to

give Satsang! They usually have no basic knowledge, neither do they have

understanding about their own state which is usually only partially

awakened. And they take the responsibility to guide other Souls? They lack

not only intelligence and humility but simple common sense.

Why do some Souls crave understanding and others don't? All Souls crave

understanding, but what amount of it they can receive relates to the

capacity of their intelligence. The evolution of intelligence takes much,

much longer than awakening to I Am. Intelligence evolves in a more dynamic

way. What is intelligence? It is the capacity to reflect the truth and

complexity of life. It is to intuitively reflect in our intellect and Heart

the workings of Universal Intelligence, in the reality of this dimension.

Most Souls enter the Spiritual Path in the hope of escaping their misery.

They are not ready to crave understanding for they are fast asleep, lost in

their dreams. To crave true understanding is itself Awakening. To crave

understanding is to have this deep, intense longing for clarity as to what

we are doing Here; it is to aspire for the greatest knowing possible within

our individual destiny and blueprint.

 

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