A lot of wisdom a lot of sadness class hour. Why do they say many knowledge - many sorrows

Is it necessary to take literally the words “In much wisdom there is much sorrow” (Eccl. 1:18)? Does knowledge really increase sorrow?

Hieromonk Job (Gumerov) answers:

These words are part of the verse of the 1st chapter of the book of Ecclesiastes. An accurate understanding of them requires reading the entire book and correctly interpreting it. This phrase, taken outside the theological logic of the author, was perceived and is perceived in accordance with the worldview moods of people: in the spirit of philosophical (A. Schopenhauer, E. Hartmann), literary (G. Leopardi) or worldly-ordinary pessimism, characteristic of most non-believers. Ecclesiastes (Heb. kohelet- “speaking in the assembly”) teaches to see the great and only lasting good only in God: “Let us listen to the essence of everything: fear God and keep His commandments, because that's all for a man; for God will bring every deed into judgment, and every secret thing, whether it be good or bad” (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14). But before leading those whom he teaches to the idea that “it will be good for those who fear God, who revere before His face” (Eccl. 8:12), Ecclesiastes, in the tradition of high biblical poetry, shows the vanity of earthly goods and worldly advantages . The monotonous repetition of the change of generations also brings sadness to the soul: “A generation passes, and a generation comes” (Eccl. 1: 4). The contemplation of the endless repetition of natural phenomena also causes sadness: “The sun rises, and the sun sets, and hurries to its place where it rises. The wind goes to the south, and goes to the north, whirling, whirling in its course, and the wind returns to its circles. All rivers flow into the sea, but the sea does not overflow: to the place where the rivers flow, they return to flow again” (Eccl. 1:5-7).

But even human occupations do not console the preacher. Work also does not give permanent happiness. “What good is a man out of all his labors?” (Eccl. 1:3). This notion benefits is, as it were, sought after, the achievement of which would make a person's life non-vain, meaningful. The Hebrew text uses a noun ithron. In the entire Bible, it is found only in the book of Ecclesiastes. Translators into Russian convey it with the word "benefit". However, we are not talking about benefits in the usual sense. Honest work done cannot be useless. It is vital. Ecclesiastes, no doubt in a word itron invests the highest enduring meaning. We are talking about happiness, which is not illusory and soon current, but stable and eternal. Without this, everything is “vanity of vanities” (Eccl. 1:2). The author uses the word havel(from Chaldean habal- "smoke, evaporate"). The original meaning of this word is “breath, breath”, that is, that which quickly disappears, evaporates. Hence the figurative meaning: "an empty, fruitless exercise." The prophet Isaiah havel a deed that brings no benefit, vain, vain is called (see: Is. 30: 7). Solomon, the author of the book of Ecclesiastes, does not just speak of the futility of earthly things, but uses superlatives: hevel havalim("Vanity"). In Hebrew grammar, the phrase "hevel havalim" ("vanity of vanities") is called status constructus, that is, a conjugated relationship; It is used to express the ultimate degree of something. For example, in a positive sense: “heaven of heavens” (Deut. 10:14; Ps. 67:34), “king of kings” (Ezra 7:12; Dan. 2:37), “Holy of Holies” (Lev. 16 : 33; Num. 4: 4).

The knowledge of earthly things did not bring relief to the heart: “And I gave my heart to explore and try with wisdom everything that is done under heaven: this hard work God gave to the sons of men, so that they would exercise in it” (Eccl. 1: 13). The disappointment was just as bitter. To his favorite expression "hevel havalim" he adds "reut ruach" ("vexation of the spirit") (Eccl. 1:14). Ecclesiastes was convinced that earthly wisdom and knowledge turned out to be the same vanity as everything else in human life. He comes to the thought: “There is much sorrow in much wisdom; and whoever increases knowledge, increases sorrow” (Eccl. 1:18).

However, Ecclesiastes, brought up in the faith of the fathers, could not become a pessimist. He knew the ways of Divine Providence: “I knew that everything that God does endures forever: there is nothing to add to it and nothing to take away from it - and God does so that they reverence before His face” (Eccl. 3: 14). He who has found God in his heart, along with wisdom, also finds true joy, and not sadness, as pessimists who have not known God think: “Who is like the wise, and who understands the meaning of things? The wisdom of a man brightens his face, and the severity of his face is changed” (Eccl. 8:1).

The doctrine of wisdom in the Psalter, in the books of Ecclesiastes and Proverbs, as well as in other Old Testament Scriptures, had a representative value. It prepared for the perception of the highest wisdom, which appeared in Jesus Christ: “Oh, the abyss of riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!” (Rom. 11:33). Only by uniting with Christ can a person acquire true wisdom, which not only does not increase sorrow and sorrow, but gives the blessed joy of knowing a new life.

From the same area we see in the expression of the Kaiser of Germany:

“Never fight the Russians. To your every stratagem they will respond with unpredictable stupidity.”

Otto von Bismarck

The mind of a military strategist does not know how to respond to the actions of an opponent acting without rules.

And now let's turn to Russian folk tales. Who is their main character? That's right - Ivan the Fool. A fool, he is a fool, but for some reason he always wins. Whoever persuaded him to act according to his mind: the gray wolf, and Vasilisa the Wise, and even his horse Sivka-Burka, but Ivan always acted in his own way, in a foolish way. After that, he got into bad stories that he had to clear up, but as a result, he already won complete victory, not partial, which he would have won if he had listened to all the smart advice.

A strange situation, you see, folk tales, which means that folk wisdom teaches to be a fool. And we read this to our children. Who is he - Ivan the Fool? This is a person who sincerely, to his core, does not know that something is impossible. And impossible, something our mind considers. “Impossible” is a boundary in our mind, and, moreover, often based not even on personal experience, but on generally accepted opinion. Ivan the Fool, point-blank, does not see these boundaries. He doesn't even know about them. He walks through a minefield of prohibitions in blissful ignorance of them. And the mines don't explode. Because they are anti-tank. Ivan the Fool does not have the necessary weight to put them into action, that is, the knowledge of their existence. Indeed, it turns out:

“There is much sorrow in much wisdom; and whoever increases knowledge, increases sorrow.”

Ecclesiastes

It turns out a paradoxical situation. The more knowledge, the more prohibitions and restrictions. It seems that knowledge should develop us, help us, move on, grow. In fact, we get the opposite result. We cannot go where Ivan the Fool went with ease. We acquire knowledge like armor, become powerful, wise. We can no longer be confused like Ivan the Fool. Our consciousness becomes stable. In general, we turn into a tank. And as a result, in order to drive through the minefield of prohibitions-borders, we have to deal with the clearance of each mine separately. And Ivan the Fool, you know, walks on and thinks what they are there, picking in the ground.

We, the "wise", know that luck does not exist. That luck is the result of hidden actions, causes and effects. And Ivan the Fool does not even know that he was lucky. For him, this is how it should be. He doesn't even have the concept of luck. "Lucky" others say about him. If someone walked through a minefield without knowing about the mines, he does not know that he was lucky. He just walked across the field. Only those who know about mines can say that.

Why did I start this whole conversation? And to that. New Knowledge expands the boundaries-framework of our consciousness, but it also sets new boundaries. Wider and more spacious than the old ones, but still frames. Moreover, these limits can expand. And therein lies the great deception of our consciousness. New Knowledge begins to work, convincing its new owner of their undoubted (no doubt) right. Consciousness develops a harmonious system. And the owner of this undoubtedly correct Knowledge is already beginning to think according to this system. But you understand according to the system . Development takes orientation . It doesn't matter which way. It turns out vector development. Albeit with a huge capture range. That is, the tunnel may not be narrow, but expanding. But still with some conditionally limited direction. Consciousness becomes stable. This is the strength of the knower, but this is also his main weakness. Resilience is starting to mean poor ability to change. That is, changes are underway, but of a strictly defined nature. In fact, this is not stability, but stability, which is provided by the direction of the vector of thinking, around which everything revolves.

This is a sector of the sphere. Spheres of Knowledge. Cone. And the cone can deceive. It's basically an expanding tunnel. That is, the expansion of consciousness really takes place and tends to infinity, but, anyway, this is a vector, and therefore, limited development.

A person feels, sees that his consciousness is expanding and does not notice that, in fact, what he took as a basis is simply expanding.

And now let's take another scheme.

The sector of a large sphere is the consciousness of a person with a vector development. A small sphere inside a large one is the consciousness of a person who has achieved less, but is more versatile and fuller. As we can see, if we take it along the vector, then, yes, the second type of consciousness does not hold a candle to the first. But on the other hand, the second can walk, within the mastered limits, wherever it wants. It is not limited in directions. And the consciousness of the second - complete or whole . It is much more functional. He, within his limits, has all the power over reality, respectively, he can do more. His knowledge brings him a real practical result. "Simplicity is enough for any wise man."

So, Ivan the Fool does not have a vector in his head. Or you can say it differently. Its vectors go in all directions. And his consciousness easily expands in any direction. That is why he goes where he wants. Him freedom of thought. There are no troubles, because troubles arise only when a person is faced with something that is not included in his cone of thinking. And Ivan the Fool perceives everything is as normal . He may like it or cause anger. He may admire something or laugh at it. It may seem ugly, vile or beautiful to him, but he does not reject it from his consciousness. He doesn’t say anything about “this is how it is, and this is how it is”. He admits everything and therefore perceives everything. And vice versa. And he gets real results.

They say: "A fool has wind in his head". Today like this, tomorrow like that. But this is, in essence, the ability to easily discard what hinders, for now . Tomorrow everything can change and it will become useful again. We, on the other hand, hold on to our attitudes. They are like an anchor for us, so that we are not torn off and "not blown away." And when we talk about changing consciousness, we are talking about its restructuring. We take some part of consciousness, remake it according to a new model, and fix it in such a new position. That old sample we already consider obsolete and unacceptable. But this means that we cross out something, we consider it unacceptable. That is, we refuse to admit EVERYTHING. That is, in order to return to the old settings, we will again have to rebuild our consciousness back.

We have built some kind of building of consciousness in our head and we are slowly rearranging it as we see fit. A sort of brick, or large-panel, or even monolithic building, fixed with concrete and cement. Depending on who has what, the difficulty of restructuring depends.

But Ivan the Fool has a Lego constructor there. Moreover, even parts of the designer are not stable. They are more like plastic. Easily change shape. And from this constructor his building was assembled. There is no cement and concrete there at all. The building can be changed at will or need, all at once, in whole, or in parts. And having created a new mindset, he will not destroy the old one. They will both work for him at the same time. Each for their own circumstances. The fact is that for him they are not dogmas, postulates. They are just ordinary tools. The key for fourteen does not fit, he will take the key for seventeen. Better yet, he has a wrench. We will try to use the key, or set of keys, that we were given, or that we created ourselves. And the nut may not be a standard size at all. Ivan the Fool has no stability of consciousness. It causes some chaos. For him, nothing lasts forever. I mean attitudes, postulates of consciousness. And this chaos causes constant pressure in all directions of consciousness. And that causes it to expand.

You will say, but such a building will be easily destroyed. Nothing like this. In order to destroy him, you need to get into his mind, influence him. And he won't let anyone in. Ivan the Fool has another feature. He doesn't listen to anyone. No matter how much advice is given to him, for him it is like peas against a wall. "To teach a fool that the dead can be cured." He's a fool. The stories speak directly to this. He destroys it himself, when it ceases to suit him. And collects new. It is easy for him, this is not a construction site, but an assembly of a constructor. And most importantly, this destruction is not a tragedy for him, unlike the others. Well, simply, it ceased to suit him. What is now praying for him or something, if it does not perform the functions that are necessary, At the moment, Ivan the Fool. In short, Ivan the Fool has no internal attachments to postulates and dogmas. "The law is not written for fools." And most importantly, Ivan the Fool does not create them himself.

I am writing this for beginners as well, but mainly for those who are already at a certain height. We are afraid of losing this height. Lose what has been achieved. We have departed from the generally accepted, we have reached our own, and this is good. But now, we ourselves have created our own, so to speak, generally accepted, our postulates and defend them. We created our own instead of someone else's pedestal. There are already other walls around us, created by ourselves. And now, from our elevation, we look beyond these walls. We can see really far. We see and understand a lot. But here's the thing, we only see, but we can't touch. The walls are in the way. And Ivan the Fool at this time, know, walks among all that we can only see, and does not blow in his mustache. He will easily approach us, for him there are no these walls. He may not even know that he is walking among amazing things, but sooner or later he will find out about it. He is already there, and we are behind our wall.

I'll make it even clearer. Take, for example, human energies. Man realized that there are chakras, energy circulates in them and through them. And a person begins to improve the possession of these energies through the chakras. And he can no longer even admit that the energy can go in some other way. That a person himself can generate energy and direct it as he wants without any damage to himself. He can even make her freeze, while not freezing himself. And what does not freeze in it will have nothing to do with energy. Man is not energy, not thoughts. This is not even our Self. This is something that does not exist, and cannot have a name. Because giving a name means setting a framework. Build walls again. You see, when you even admit that anything is possible, you still think in terms. You get it, everything is possible, but within your walls. A ALL - this means the top can be bottom or located on the right and at the same time behind. Black can be white, or blue, or red, and both at the same time. Two plus two equals six hundred and eleven and at the same time fifty-two. Moreover, four times four equals a soap dish. The green one is the clock. Everything is possible - it is when Nothing is fixed ! And what and how it will be, according to what laws it will act and manifest itself, depends only on you! EVERYTHING is possible - this is complete unconditional chaos, subject only to your will and desire. And create something new unprecedented possible only from the chaos of consciousness. Otherwise, it will be a derivative of the old one, only with new characteristics. So chaos is a FOOL to an infinite degree. Ivan the Fool is unpredictable. This is his strength.

Our consciousness must play, that is, have a free wheeling reserve. And the more backlash, the stronger it is. Consciousness is not a mechanism, not a system. By and large, this is a complete lack of a system. And only our mind systematizes it. Translates the unsystematic into the system language. It is impossible to create a machine-computer similar to consciousness. Analogous to the brain or even to the mind, yes. But there is no consciousness. Closer to consciousness are our emotions. Can you describe the emotion? No. You can only describe what you feel, the actions that trigger the emotion, but the emotion itself is beyond description. That is why the mind tries to get rid of them. They do not fit into his algorithm, and he cannot calculate them and translate them into the system language.

Can you describe "can"? You will begin to describe the actions, but you will not be able to describe the “can” itself. Can you describe desire? You will describe what you want, but you will not be able to describe the desire itself. Or you will start using words like “I want” and the like, which, in turn, cannot be explained either. But, however, we all know what “I want”, “desire”, “I can”. You see, there is Knowledge that we do not know with the mind. It is direct Knowledge without an intermediary in the form of reason. That is, it does not lend itself to systematization.

It doesn't work, and thank God. And it is not necessary. These are the backlashes of our consciousness, allowing us to step aside, to allow something. Otherwise, our mind would have put everything on the shelves and would have established its complete dictate. He would have taken control of it harshly and cut us off from consciousness. And then we, in principle, could not destroy, with the help of him, the walls erected by him. He would put us at the bottom of the well he built, close it, turn on the light and say it was the sun.

Many people know the picture depicting the soul - as a rider in a chariot, the mind - as a charioteer, the reins - as the mind, mad horses - as emotions. That's right. But something else came to my mind. Is there another picture where everything is exactly the opposite. If we depict the mind as a beast seeking to sit down in the place of the soul, and our consciousness through emotions - leashes, does not allow it to do so. Or he would add a red-hot rod to the soul, with which it sometimes pokes horses, so that the mind does not forget that he is just a driver. Both that and that picture will reflect the real state of affairs.

And who does not listen to reason? Right. Again, Ivan the Fool. So it turns out that he is doing the right thing. He is on his own mind, that is, he has the reins. That's why he goes where he wants, and not where the mind takes him.

So use all the tools you have at your fingertips in your mind. If Christianity is suitable for the solution of the problem, take it, for the solution of this particular problem today. Islam is suitable for another, take it tomorrow. And if meditation is suitable, use it. Solve problems in different ways. Don't be loyal to just one. You can solve the same problem with different methods and get completely opposite results. Don't let this discourage you. Know that both results are correct. They just suit different specific circumstances. Everything is one and whole. You just don't see the connection yet.

Spiritual development is not mathematics, where a problem can have only one answer. You just need to learn to perceive it not as a paradox and contradiction, but as the knowledge that the same thing can be expressed differently in different conditions.

And vice versa. Using completely opposite approaches and inputs, you can come up with exactly the same results. It is also an expression of integrity.

Be unscrupulous. A principle is just a certain algorithm of actions. So it's just a tool. One principle does not fit - look for another. It has nothing to do with morality, ethics or conscience. Many consider this a betrayal of faith, some doctrine, an idea. Well, it's up to you. But remember, these are just parts of the whole. Use one wrench. But keep in mind, nuts are different. Roughly speaking, if the solution to your problem requires an introduction that the Earth is square, feel free to take it. You will either prove it or come to a negative result, but in the process of solving you will see and understand a lot of new things for yourself. Perhaps you will see many answers, and all will be correct.

Don't assume that it's true because everyone says so. If you have reached something yourself, rejoice, but do not become attached to it. Always remember, you have discovered only a tiny part of the Knowledge. And this part may be completely useless when approaching another task. Do not shove this wrench to all nuts. Remember, there is no universal Knowledge, because Knowledge is infinite. Therefore, there is no universal key.

Do not build a monolithic building of Knowledge in your mind. The building must be easily destructible and rebuildable. The only condition is that this should only be done by yourself. Because you decided so, and not someone told you. Don't get used to this building, no matter how cozy it is. Always take it as temporary. If something in it does not suit you, immediately rebuild it for yourself with a new one.

And it's even better not to build any buildings at all, but to make the parts mobile, but clearly knowing where everything is. Do not fix anything in the mind tightly . And then at the right time you can easily assemble the desired design. There must be an acceptable chaos of consciousness. As allowable as, at the right moment, you can take control. In this chaos, disparate parts will themselves form into various structures. This will give you a lot of new things. And chaos presses in all directions evenly. If he has a direction it is no longer chaos. Therefore, your consciousness will expand in all directions. There is another important point here. Chaos can create such a construction for you that it may seem strange, unacceptable, even scary to you. Don't give in to this feeling. If it worked out, then it works, there is grain in it. Otherwise, this design simply would not work. Find this seed.

In general, read fairy tales, become Ivan fools. Remember the proverb: "The fool is sleeping, but happiness is in the minds." There is not a single fairy tale about Ivan the Fool with a bad ending. Remember how they all end:

"And they lived happily ever after".

Lots of wisdom, lots of sadness
From the Bible (Church Slavonic text). In the Old Testament (the Book of Ecclesiastes, or Preacher) it is written (ch. 1, verses 17-18): “And I gave my heart to know wisdom and to know foolishness and stupidity; I learned that this, too, is the vexation of the spirit. For in much wisdom there is much sorrow; and whoever increases knowledge, increases sorrow” (Russian translation).
Allegorically: the more a person learns about himself, his neighbors and about the world as a whole, the more he knows his own and others' imperfection, the greater his sadness about this.
Used: also as a playfully ironic form of refusing any information.

Encyclopedic Dictionary of winged words and expressions. - M.: "Lokid-Press". Vadim Serov. 2003 .

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We all know this expression: “Fools are lucky.” Indeed, this can be observed in various areas. In a game of cards, for example. True, they say there: “Beginners are lucky,” but on the condition that this newcomer is not a cheater. Shuler is a different case. It's about fair play. Why is this happening? The answer is very simple. A beginner does not know the tactics and strategy of the game. He plays as God sends. And his opponents have certain skills, tactics. It seems to be an advantage, but a skill is a certain stereotype-frame, which the player does not go beyond. A beginner, by his ignorance, is not limited by anything. From the point of view of professionals, he plays chaotically, clumsily, but this is precisely what makes it impossible to calculate his actions. And as a result, he wins. This, of course, does not happen always and not for everyone, but quite often.

From the same area we see in the expression of the Kaiser of Germany:

“Never fight the Russians. To your every stratagem they will respond with unpredictable stupidity.”

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The mind of a military strategist does not know how to respond to the actions of an opponent acting without rules.

And now let's turn to Russian folk tales. Who is their main character? That's right - Ivan the Fool. A fool, he is a fool, but for some reason he always wins. Whoever persuaded him to act according to his mind: the gray wolf, and Vasilisa the Wise, and even his horse Sivka-Burka, but Ivan always acted in his own way, in a foolish way. After that, he got into bad stories that he had to clear up, but as a result, he already won complete victory, not partial, which he would have won if he had listened to all the smart advice.

A strange situation, you see, folk tales, which means that folk wisdom teaches to be a fool. And we read this to our children. Who is he - Ivan the Fool? This is a person who sincerely, to his core, does not know that something is impossible. And impossible, something our mind considers. “Impossible” is a boundary in our mind, and, moreover, often based not even on personal experience, but on generally accepted opinion. Ivan the Fool, point-blank, does not see these boundaries. He doesn't even know about them. He walks through a minefield of prohibitions in blissful ignorance of them. And the mines don't explode. Because they are anti-tank. Ivan the Fool does not have the necessary weight to put them into action, that is, the knowledge of their existence. Indeed, it turns out:

“There is much sorrow in much wisdom; and whoever increases knowledge, increases sorrow.”

Ecclesiastes

It turns out a paradoxical situation. The more knowledge, the more prohibitions and restrictions. It seems that knowledge should develop us, help us, move on, grow. In fact, we get the opposite result. We cannot go where Ivan the Fool went with ease. We acquire knowledge like armor, become powerful, wise. We can no longer be confused like Ivan the Fool. Our consciousness becomes stable. In general, we turn into a tank. And as a result, in order to drive through the minefield of prohibitions-borders, we have to deal with the clearance of each mine separately. And Ivan the Fool, you know, walks on and thinks what they are there, picking in the ground.

We, the "wise", know that luck does not exist. That luck is the result of hidden actions, causes and effects. And Ivan the Fool does not even know that he was lucky. For him, this is how it should be. He doesn't even have the concept of luck. "Lucky" others say about him. If someone walked through a minefield without knowing about the mines, he does not know that he was lucky. He just walked across the field. Only those who know about mines can say that.

Why did I start this whole conversation? And to that. New Knowledge expands the boundaries-framework of our consciousness, but it also sets new boundaries. Wider and more spacious than the old ones, but still frames. Moreover, these limits can expand. And therein lies the great deception of our consciousness. New Knowledge begins to work, convincing its new owner of their undoubted (no doubt) right. Consciousness develops a harmonious system. And the owner of this undoubtedly correct Knowledge is already beginning to think according to this system. But you understand - according to the system . Development takes orientation . It doesn't matter which way. It turns out vector development. Albeit with a huge capture range. That is, the tunnel may not be narrow, but expanding. But still with some conditionally limited direction. Consciousness becomes stable. This is the strength of the knower, but this is also his main weakness. Resilience is starting to mean poor ability to change. That is, changes are underway, but of a strictly defined nature. In fact, this is not stability, but stability, which is provided by the direction of the vector of thinking, around which everything revolves.

This is a sector of the sphere. Spheres of Knowledge. Cone. And the cone can deceive. It's basically an expanding tunnel. That is, the expansion of consciousness really takes place and tends to infinity, but, anyway, this is a vector, and therefore, limited development.

A person feels, sees that his consciousness is expanding and does not notice that, in fact, what he took as a basis is simply expanding.

And now let's take another scheme.

The sector of a large sphere is the consciousness of a person with a vector development.
A small sphere inside a large one is the consciousness of a person who has achieved less, but is more versatile and fuller. As we can see, if we take it along the vector, then, yes, the second type of consciousness does not hold a candle to the first. But on the other hand, the second can walk, within the mastered limits, wherever it wants. It is not limited in directions. And the consciousness of the second - complete or whole . It is much more functional. He, within his limits, has all the power over reality, respectively, he can do more. His knowledge brings him a real practical result. "Simplicity is enough for any wise man."

So, Ivan the Fool does not have a vector in his head. Or you can say it differently. Its vectors go in all directions. And his consciousness easily expands in any direction. That is why he goes where he wants. Him freedom of thought. There are no troubles, because troubles arise only when a person is faced with something that is not included in his cone of thinking. And Ivan the Fool perceives everything is as normal . He may like it or cause anger. He may admire something or laugh at it. It may seem ugly, vile or beautiful to him, but he does not reject it from his consciousness. He doesn’t say anything about “this is how it is, and this is how it is”. He admits everything and therefore perceives everything. And vice versa. And he gets real results.

They say: "The fool has the wind in his head." Today like this, tomorrow like that. But this is, in essence, the ability to easily discard what hinders, for now . Tomorrow everything can change and it will become useful again. We, on the other hand, hold on to our attitudes. They are like an anchor for us, so that we are not torn off and "not blown away." And when we talk about changing consciousness, we are talking about its restructuring. We take some part of consciousness, remake it according to a new model, and fix it in such a new position. That old sample we already consider obsolete and unacceptable. But this means that we cross out something, we consider it unacceptable. That is, we refuse to admit EVERYTHING. That is, in order to return to the old settings, we will again have to rebuild our consciousness back.

We have built some kind of building of consciousness in our head and we are slowly rearranging it as we see fit. A sort of brick, or large-panel, or even monolithic building, fixed with concrete and cement. Depending on who has what, the difficulty of restructuring depends.

But Ivan the Fool has a Lego constructor there. Moreover, even parts of the designer are not stable. They are more like plastic. Easily change shape. And from this constructor his building was assembled. There is no cement and concrete there at all. The building can be changed at will or need, all at once, in whole, or in parts. And having created a new mindset, he will not destroy the old one. They will both work for him at the same time. Each for their own circumstances. The fact is that for him they are not dogmas, postulates. They are just ordinary tools. The key for fourteen does not fit, he will take the key for seventeen. Better yet, he has a wrench. We will try to use the key, or set of keys, that we were given, or that we created ourselves. And the nut may not be a standard size at all. Ivan the Fool has no stability of consciousness. It causes some chaos. For him, nothing lasts forever. I mean attitudes, postulates of consciousness. And this chaos causes constant pressure in all directions of consciousness. And that causes it to expand.

You will say, but such a building will be easily destroyed. Nothing like this. In order to destroy him, you need to get into his mind, influence him. And he won't let anyone in. Ivan the Fool has another feature. He doesn't listen to anyone. No matter how much advice is given to him, for him it is like peas against a wall. "To teach a fool that the dead can be cured." He's a fool. The stories speak directly to this. He destroys it himself, when it ceases to suit him. And collects new. It is easy for him, this is not a construction site, but an assembly of a constructor. And most importantly, this destruction is not a tragedy for him, unlike the others. Well, simply, it ceased to suit him. What is now praying for him or something, if it does not perform the functions that are necessary, At the moment, Ivan the Fool. In short, Ivan the Fool has no internal attachments to postulates and dogmas. “The law is not written for fools.” And most importantly, Ivan the Fool does not create them himself.

I am writing this for beginners as well, but mainly for those who are already at a certain height. We are afraid of losing this height. Lose what has been achieved. We have departed from the generally accepted, we have reached our own, and this is good. But now, we ourselves have created our own, so to speak, generally accepted, our postulates and defend them. We created our own instead of someone else's pedestal. There are already other walls around us, created by ourselves. And now, from our elevation, we look beyond these walls. We can see really far. We see and understand a lot. But here's the thing, we only see, but we can't touch. The walls are in the way. And Ivan the Fool at this time, know, walks among all that we can only see, and does not blow in his mustache. He will easily approach us, for him there are no these walls. He may not even know that he is walking among amazing things, but sooner or later he will find out about it. He is already there, and we are behind our wall.

I'll make it even clearer. Take, for example, human energies. Man realized that there are chakras, energy circulates in them and through them. And a person begins to improve the possession of these energies through the chakras. And he can no longer even admit that the energy can go in some other way. That a person himself can generate energy and direct it as he wants without any damage to himself. He can even make her freeze, while not freezing himself. And what does not freeze in it will have nothing to do with energy. Man is not energy, not thoughts. This is not even our Self. This is something that does not exist, and cannot have a name. Because giving a name means setting a framework. Build walls again. You see, when you even admit that anything is possible, you still think in terms. You get it, everything is possible, but within your walls. A ALL - this means the top can be bottom or located on the right and at the same time behind. Black can be white, or blue, or red, and both at the same time. Two plus two equals six hundred and eleven and at the same time fifty-two. Moreover, four times four equals a soap dish. The green one is the clock. Everything is possible - it is when Nothing is fixed ! And what and how it will be, according to what laws it will act and manifest itself, depends only on you! Perhaps EVERYTHING is complete unconditional chaos, subject only to your will and desire. And create something new unprecedented possible only from the chaos of consciousness. Otherwise, it will be a derivative of the old one, only with new characteristics. So chaos is a FOOL to an infinite degree. Ivan the Fool is unpredictable. This is his strength.

Our consciousness must play, that is, have a free wheeling reserve. And the more backlash, the stronger it is. Consciousness is not a mechanism, not a system. By and large, this is a complete lack of a system. And only our mind systematizes it. Translates the unsystematic into the system language. It is impossible to create a machine-computer similar to consciousness. Analogous to the brain or even to the mind, yes. But there is no consciousness. Closer to consciousness are our emotions. Can you describe the emotion? No. You can only describe what you feel, the actions that trigger the emotion, but the emotion itself is beyond description. That is why the mind tries to get rid of them. They do not fit into his algorithm, and he cannot calculate them and translate them into the system language.

Can you describe "can"? You will begin to describe the actions, but you will not be able to describe the “can” itself. Can you describe desire? You will describe what you want, but you will not be able to describe the desire itself. Or you will start using words like “I want” and the like, which, in turn, cannot be explained either. But, however, we all know what “I want”, “desire”, “I can”. You see, there is Knowledge that we do not know with the mind. It is direct Knowledge without an intermediary in the form of reason. That is, it does not lend itself to systematization.

It doesn't work, and thank God. And it is not necessary. These are the backlashes of our consciousness, allowing us to step aside, to allow something. Otherwise, our mind would have put everything on the shelves and would have established its complete dictate. He would have taken control of it harshly and cut us off from consciousness. And then we, in principle, could not destroy, with the help of him, the walls erected by him. He would put us at the bottom of the well he built, close it, turn on the light and say it was the sun.

Many people know the picture depicting the soul - as a rider in a chariot, the mind - as a charioteer, the reins - as the mind, mad horses - as emotions. That's right. But something else came to my mind. Is there another picture where everything is exactly the opposite. If we depict the mind as a beast seeking to sit down in the place of the soul, and our consciousness through emotions - leashes, does not allow it to do so. Or he would add a red-hot rod to the soul, with which it sometimes pokes horses, so that the mind does not forget that he is just a driver. Both that and that picture will reflect the real state of affairs.

And who does not listen to reason? Right. Again, Ivan the Fool. So it turns out that he is doing the right thing. He is on his own mind, that is, he has the reins. That's why he goes where he wants, and not where the mind takes him.

So use all the tools you have at your fingertips in your mind. If Christianity is suitable for the solution of the problem, take it, for the solution of this particular problem today. Islam is suitable for another, take it tomorrow. And if meditation is suitable, use it. Solve problems in different ways. Don't be loyal to just one. You can solve the same problem with different methods and get completely opposite results. Don't let this discourage you. Know that both results are correct. They just suit different specific circumstances. Everything is one and whole. You just don't see the connection yet.

Spiritual development is not mathematics, where a problem can have only one answer. You just need to learn to perceive it not as a paradox and contradiction, but as the knowledge that the same thing can be expressed differently in different conditions.

And vice versa. Using completely opposite approaches and inputs, you can come up with exactly the same results. It is also an expression of integrity.

Be unscrupulous. A principle is just a certain algorithm of actions. So it's just a tool. One principle does not fit - look for another. It has nothing to do with morality, ethics or conscience. Many consider this a betrayal of faith, some doctrine, an idea. Well, it's up to you. But remember, these are just parts of the whole. Use one wrench. But keep in mind, nuts are different. Roughly speaking, if the solution to your problem requires an introduction that the Earth is square, feel free to take it. You will either prove it or come to a negative result, but in the process of solving you will see and understand a lot of new things for yourself. Perhaps you will see many answers, and all will be correct.

Don't assume that it's true because everyone says so. If you have reached something yourself, rejoice, but do not become attached to it. Always remember, you have discovered only a tiny part of the Knowledge. And this part may be completely useless when approaching another task. Do not shove this wrench to all nuts. Remember, there is no universal Knowledge, because Knowledge is infinite. Therefore, there is no universal key.

Do not build a monolithic building of Knowledge in your mind. The building must be easily destructible and rebuildable. The only condition is that this should only be done by yourself. Because you decided so, and not someone told you. Don't get used to this building, no matter how cozy it is. Always take it as temporary. If something in it does not suit you, immediately rebuild it for yourself with a new one.

And it's even better not to build any buildings at all, but to make the parts mobile, but clearly knowing where everything is. Do not fix anything in the mind tightly . And then at the right time you can easily assemble the desired design. There must be an acceptable chaos of consciousness. As allowable as, at the right moment, you can take control. In this chaos, disparate parts will themselves form into various structures. This will give you a lot of new things. And chaos presses in all directions evenly. If he has a direction it is no longer chaos. Therefore, your consciousness will expand in all directions. There is another important point here. Chaos can create such a construction for you that it may seem strange, unacceptable, even scary to you. Don't give in to this feeling. If it worked out, then it works, there is grain in it. Otherwise, this design simply would not work. Find this seed.

In general, read fairy tales, become Ivan fools. Remember the proverb: "The fool sleeps, but happiness is in the mind." There is not a single fairy tale about Ivan the Fool with a bad ending. Remember how they all end:

"And they lived happily ever after".

Lots of wisdom, lots of sadness
From the Bible (Church Slavonic text). In the Old Testament (the Book of Ecclesiastes, or Preacher) it is written (ch. 1, verses 17-18): “And I gave my heart to know wisdom and to know foolishness and stupidity; I learned that this, too, is the vexation of the spirit. For in much wisdom there is much sorrow; and whoever increases knowledge, increases sorrow” (Russian translation).
Allegorically: the more a person learns about himself, his neighbors and about the world as a whole, the more he knows his own and others' imperfection, the greater his sadness about this.
Used: also as a playfully ironic form of refusing any information.

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