What happens when you try to become intelligent? Do you know what it means to be intelligent? Many people assume that if they acquire knowledge they will become more intelligent. Is that so? people read thousands of books and in critical situations behave like a stupid. Do you know why? because they are still stupid, deep down stupidity remains. It will not go just by acquiring more knowledge.
Many people assume that intelligence has some formula and they try to modify themselves according to that formula. Do you think that intelligence is some formula or pattern? Intelligence is not an idea. It is a capacity to look into your stupidity.
If people say that I'm stupid then what shall I do? First of all I should observe that stupidity. I should try to understand that stupidity and that understanding itself is intelligence. Intelligence means ability to look at things without judgements, opinions and prejudices. It is not a pattern or formula. It is watchfulness.
When you are alert and watchful you can not make mistakes. Then you will not behave like a stupid. If you are alert while speaking then you will not talk like a foolish. Then your body-language will be proper. Then your voice tone will have a different quality. Then your presence will have grace and beauty. This grace or beauty is spontaneous. It is not forced. Intelligence is fragrance of being alert and conscious. A cunning and calculated mind is not intelligent. If someone get rich or famous by using his cunning and calculative mind then we believe that he is an intelligent man, he is genius. But is is not so. An intelligent man is kind, loving and compassionate. Selfishness and intelligence can not go together.
So the problem is not how to become intelligent but how to become free from the stupidity. To become free from stupidity we should become more alert and aware. We should observe our daily activities and we should observe our reactions and mind. We should have a look at our foolish beliefs and we should observe how we follow authorities, politicians, stupid gurus and their so called techniques. In that seeing itself you will become free.
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Many people assume that intelligence has some formula and they try to modify themselves according to that formula. Do you think that intelligence is some formula or pattern? Intelligence is not an idea. It is a capacity to look into your stupidity.
If people say that I'm stupid then what shall I do? First of all I should observe that stupidity. I should try to understand that stupidity and that understanding itself is intelligence. Intelligence means ability to look at things without judgements, opinions and prejudices. It is not a pattern or formula. It is watchfulness.
When you are alert and watchful you can not make mistakes. Then you will not behave like a stupid. If you are alert while speaking then you will not talk like a foolish. Then your body-language will be proper. Then your voice tone will have a different quality. Then your presence will have grace and beauty. This grace or beauty is spontaneous. It is not forced. Intelligence is fragrance of being alert and conscious. A cunning and calculated mind is not intelligent. If someone get rich or famous by using his cunning and calculative mind then we believe that he is an intelligent man, he is genius. But is is not so. An intelligent man is kind, loving and compassionate. Selfishness and intelligence can not go together.
So the problem is not how to become intelligent but how to become free from the stupidity. To become free from stupidity we should become more alert and aware. We should observe our daily activities and we should observe our reactions and mind. We should have a look at our foolish beliefs and we should observe how we follow authorities, politicians, stupid gurus and their so called techniques. In that seeing itself you will become free.
If you like this post or feel this is helpful for fellow travelers then please share it on Twitter, Facebook and Stumbleupon or any social bookmarking site which you use.
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