Chapter 25
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Divine Wisdom is Very Subtle
Divine wisdom (gnänam) is very, very subtle. To realize it one has to go inside— deep, deep, deep, deep within. A gem attains its power and brilliance only after it has been repeatedly cut and facetted. Only after it has been carefully cut and crafted does it achieve its value and significance. In the same way, everything in us should be cut and facetted with wisdom.
The mind, the four hundred trillion ten thousand spiritual energies,
the miracles, the mesmerisms, the miraculous powers, the cravings,
the sixty-four arts and sciences, the sixty-four sexual games, the desires
of the mind, and the five elements must be severed. Blood-ties, religions,
races, scriptures, philosophies, “I,” and “You” should be cut away.
All these things enshroud the gem. Only when you sever them and go
beyond is there any value. To do this you need wisdom. Then you can
reveal the calibre of the gem and say, “My God, it is of great value.”
Only then can its worth be assessed. But as long as you do not sever the
rest, the gem has no worth. Cut everything away!Everything else is self-business. Divine wisdom is very difficult; it is
very subtle. A very big building is anchored by a very small point in the
foundation.
Similarly, the eighteen thousand universes must be anchored in this very subtle point within wisdom. Everything—life, the world, heaven, and hell—must be arrested at this tiny point, saying, “Stop! Stay!” This is divine wisdom. Study it. It takes a lot of work.
A picture of a vegetable is not real. It cannot be used to cook a meal. Similarly, what we study now is not real learning. We cannot cook a meal with what we have, for we have only pictures. Everything we have studied thus far is not learning, just pictures. Pictures of carrots, pumpkins, and guavas have been drawn, and that is what you have studied. These illustrations are acclaimed to be “this” and “that,” but studying them is not real learning. The important point is knowing that you have to go beyond all of this. What you have now is merely art work that is shown to infants— pictures shown to young children who cannot understand the written word. Children are shown these picture books as someone explains the meaning or tells the story. But this is not wisdom.
Knowledge must come directly.
Those reels should be perceived firsthand. That television, that knowledge,
must be accessed directly. When everything else is known, that
will be known directly. That is true learning.
Understanding sound, understanding speech,
understanding the reels,
understanding history, understanding the mystery,
understanding the resonance,
understanding the explanation, understanding Truth,
understanding grace, understanding wisdom,
understanding the Father, understanding yourself,
and speaking from that knowing—
that is divine wisdom.
Everything I show you now is a picture, picture books. I show you pictures and name all the vegetables depicted in the pictures. But this is not it. Realize this!
