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What is a Religious Mind? ‘What is a religious mind ... one needs
a radical revolution ... revolution is synonymous with religion ... I mean a
revolution in consciousness ... so that the mind is capable of seeing what is
true ... this is the way of religion. I think the real, the true religious mind
does exist, can exist ... one can discover such a mind for oneself ... a mind
that has gone beyond to discover what is true, is the true religious mind. I
want to find out, through denial, what is a religious mind ... I feel that
through negation one can find out what is true. So, we are going to inquire into
what the religious mind is through denial ... surely, to find reality, to find
God ... the mind must be alone ... a fearless state in which there is no death
... for a mind that is alone there is no death. It is really extraordinary. If
you have gone into that thing you discover for yourself that there is no such
thing as death. Such a mind knows what destruction is ... destruction is
creation ... so for the religious mind there is no time ... it is only the
religious mind that can be in a state of creation ... in this creation is beauty
... a religious mind has this beauty which is not the appreciation of nature,
the lovely mountains and the roaring stream ... a different beauty with which
goes love ... you cannot separate beauty and love ... and with them is passion
... one cannot go far without passion ... beauty can only be there when there is
passion. The religious mind, being in this state, has a peculiar quality of
strength ... so, the religious mind does exist ... it is apart from all human
endeavours ... therefore a religious mind can receive that which is not
measurable by the brain ... that thing is unnameable ... to live in this state
is the true religious mind’. |
