My mind was so busy ... I just couldn ’ t take out of my head that after three years I came to know that the blanket I had been using was actually made of sheep wool . And I felt like I was lying there in that bed and a sheep was also lying over me . As I had started to feel very uncomfortable , all of a sudden my brother jumped out of the bed screaming : Aaaaaa ...
“ What is going on with you ?” I asked .
“ I had an awful dream ”, he answered still in shock . I have been dreaming that one sheep was sleeping over me . Because of all that talk we had , it remained in my mind that this wool is coming from a sheep ...”
I encouraged him to go back to sleep and forget about that but he rejected my proposal fiercely :
“ No way for me to sleep here any longer . I can sleep , but not here , little far from you . I just can ’ t sleep under this blanket ”...
Another example I gave to the “ philosophers ” was about a beautiful banana tree we grew near the ashram ’ s building . I offered some bananas to them and they found them very delicious .
“ Now , if you want to analyze these bananas , let ’ s hear the story behind ...” And I started telling them how just fey years back , as the ashram was very new , having no proper bathroom with toilets , we decided to build one latrine outside , only few yards away . Later on , when we didn ’ t need it any more , we thought we could use the soil as a fertilizer and therefore we planted a banana tree . That banana tree ... When I reached this point of my story they interrupted me saying : “ No , no ... This is too much . We can ’ t bear to listen anymore ”.
“ You see , I answered . Just think of these examples . If you really want to analyze , you want to find a definition , can you imagine where you could reach ? And if you want to analyze God , do you have any idea how far you could go ?”
Then there were many other arguments ...
The professor asked :” Don ’ t you believe that this stick is straight ?” ( For some reason I never deciphered , philosophers always go around with one stick )
I said “ No .”
“ How can you say no , can ’ t you see the stick is straight ?”
I said : “ It depends how you see it , through what ”
“ Give me a definition of your statement if you can ” he replied
“ I will give you no definition , but I can give you one example .” Immediately I snatched the stick from his hands and I immersed it into a water tank we had nearby . I put half of the stick into the water and then I asked : “ Is this stick straight ?”
He said : “ A , no , it looks completely bent ”.
“ Do not try to be so intellectual . It is good to know things , but analyzing them is not always recommended .”
This is what happens with philosophic arguments . My point is here : Peace , what you mean by peace , does not exist . I tell you ... If you think about a specific state which you can call happiness , a specific pleasure , this is , of course ,
“ Do not try to be so intellectual . It is good to know things , but analyzing them is not always recommended .”