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CHAPTER 10. SPIRITUALISM, RELIGION AND POLITICS
It is significant that one who is prepared to go with religion even at the cost of defeat and disaster,
can never be defeated. But the readiness for defeat is necessary. The road to irreligion is tempting,
because it gives you an assurance of cheap success. Its attraction lies in its promises, and because
of it people take up corrupt ways. Evil is a cunning persuader; it says, ”If you want success,
never take the path of righteousness; it is an impossible path. My path guarantees effortless, easy
success. You begin and you win.” But the irony is that nobody ever wins through evil, evil ultimately
leads to utter ruin. On the contrary, righteousness is a challenge; you have to be prepared for defeat.
But its glory is that if you choose it with this awareness, you will never be defeated.
This is the paradox of life. It is truth that wins – satyameva jayate.
Question 14
QUESTIONER: YOU EXPLAINED TO US THIS SAYING OF JESUS: ”BLESSED ARE THE MEEK,
FOR THEY SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH” THERE IS ANOTHER SAYING OF JESUS: ”BLESSED
ARE THE PURE IN HEART, FOR THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.” CAN YOU SAY
SOMETHING ABOUT IT?
Yes, there is another saying of Jesus: ”Blessed are the pure in heart, for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven.” But there is a small difference between the two sayings: ”Blessed are the meek for they
shall inherit the earth,” and ”Blessed are the pure for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” In fact, humility
is the beginning and purity is the end, the attainment.
To be humble is to be on the first leg of the journey to purity. The humble has yet to be on the first
leg of the journey to purity. The humble has yet to be pure; he is on his way to it. One cannot be
pure without being humble, because there is no greater impurity than ego. One who is full of ego
can never be pure, but one who drops his ego, who is humble, who is surrendered, is on the path
that leads to purity. So humility is not enough; it only sets you on the road to purity that is innocence.
For example, a man is standing on the bank of a river. Say he is standing in the water on the river
and a huge expanse of water is flowing before him, and he is thirsty. But unless he bends and
reaches for the water his thirst cannot be quenched. If he is not ready to bend he will remain thirsty,
though he is surrounded on all sides by water.
Then it is not the river but his ego that is responsible for his misery. If he only bends, all the water
will be his.
So humility comes first; it is the beginning of innocence; it is the door. Humility purifies, because it
negates everything that creates impurity. A humble person cannot have ego, he cannot be greedy, he
cannot be angry, he cannot be sexual. To be greedy, sexual and angry, one needs to be aggressive;
aggression is the prerequisite. So a humble person will be forgiving and generous; he will share
his happiness, everything with others. He cannot be ambitious and dominating; he cannot be
acquisitive, he cannot hoard. And a humble man will give up all self aggrandizement, instead.
he will sink into anonymity.
And when humility comes to completion, innocence is complete. It is this state that Jesus is talking
about when he says, ”Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall inherit the kingdom of God.”
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