How much will knowledge help on Spiritual path?
Very much.
How it will help?
Till you forego it.
I could not understand. Can you elaborate it?
By knowledge you mean, the knowledge you gain from the world, from discussions with knowledgeable people, experts, so on; knowledge that you gain by reading scriptures of all sorts of all creeds etc., am I right?
Yes.
It is so much helpful that as a rope is helpful to climb a tree or a wall.
What does that mean?
It is helpful to that extent, that after which you have to leave it or forego it.
How is that so?
All the so called knowledge, whether from scriptures or be it from wise people will help you in giving an indication to the path. They all are pointers and nothing more than that. You have to walk the path alone with your chosen pointer. And, it is unique for each individual. All paths finally merge into Silence. Hence, the final path is the path of Silence and one walks Alone on that path, no Guru no Disciple...Alone...You have to forego every identity, every thought, every concept, all the knowledge that you have gained. Because knowledge itself will become a limitation on that path. Hence you will forego that also. Once you forego everything, beaten so much by everything and fail in everything; then from that failure comes the success. After foregoing everything, you will become aware of the Nothingness which is ever present and that Nothingness will give you everything, because that Nothingness is Everything.
Very much.
How it will help?
Till you forego it.
I could not understand. Can you elaborate it?
By knowledge you mean, the knowledge you gain from the world, from discussions with knowledgeable people, experts, so on; knowledge that you gain by reading scriptures of all sorts of all creeds etc., am I right?
Yes.
It is so much helpful that as a rope is helpful to climb a tree or a wall.
What does that mean?
It is helpful to that extent, that after which you have to leave it or forego it.
How is that so?
All the so called knowledge, whether from scriptures or be it from wise people will help you in giving an indication to the path. They all are pointers and nothing more than that. You have to walk the path alone with your chosen pointer. And, it is unique for each individual. All paths finally merge into Silence. Hence, the final path is the path of Silence and one walks Alone on that path, no Guru no Disciple...Alone...You have to forego every identity, every thought, every concept, all the knowledge that you have gained. Because knowledge itself will become a limitation on that path. Hence you will forego that also. Once you forego everything, beaten so much by everything and fail in everything; then from that failure comes the success. After foregoing everything, you will become aware of the Nothingness which is ever present and that Nothingness will give you everything, because that Nothingness is Everything.
