You have to be a little foolish. In fact, the highest pinnacle of wisdom always carries foolishness in it, the greatest wise men of the world were also the greatest fools. It will be hard to understand. You cannot think that they can be fools because your mind always divides: a wise man can never be a fool, and a fool can never be a wise man. Both attitudes are wrong. There have been great fools who were very wise. In the old days, in every kings court, there was a great fool-the court fool. He was a balancing force because too much wisdom can be foolish, too much of anything can be foolish. Somebody was needed who could bring things back to earth. A fool was needed in the kings courts who would help them to laugh, otherwise wise people tend to become serious, and seriousness is an illness. Out of seriousness you lose proportion, you lose perspective. So dont be serious about seriousness. Laugh about it, be a little foolish. Dont condemn foolishness; it has its own beauties. If you can be both, you will have a quality of transcendence within you.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 20:30:36 +0000
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