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kind of examination, it is so easy you are bound to solve it. I only want to know if there is anyone in the class who will have any difficulty with it."
The question was the same, the class was the same, but there was a great difference in the results. In the first group only three out of fifteen students could solve it. In second group twelve out of fifteen students solved it; only three could not. Such a big difference. The same question! The deciding factor was the attitude with which the problem was presented.
Ashtavakra does not say that religion is arduous, Ashtavakra says it is very easy. Those who say it is difficult, make it difficult. Those who say it is almost impossible, a razor's edge -- they are frightening you. They say it is like climbing the Himalayas, only rare beings can climb -- then you drop the idea, thinking, "I am not such a rare being. It is beyond me. Let the rare ones climb, I am not going to get into this trouble. I applaud these rare beings -- they can go ahead! But I am a simple person; just leave me in this ditch."
Ashtavakra says it is very easy. It is so easy, you don't need to do anything, just observing with alertness is enough.
This in the highest declaration of man's genius.
It is to make man aware of the highest possibility of human life.
Religion is the ultimate miracle of man's genius.
In contrast, politics is the most inferior expression of human intelligence, religion is the superiormost.
Once a politician fell seriously ill. The doctor advised, "Don't do any mental work for two or three months."
The politician asked, "Doctor, do you have any objection to my doing a bit of politics?"
The doctor replied, "No, none at all. Do as much politics as you want, just don't do any mental work."
The brain doesn't function at all in politics. In politics there is violence, not intelligence. There is grabbing, scrambling, struggling, not peace. There is no rest, only restlessness. There is ambition for greatness, jealousy, aggression -- there is no soul.
Religion is nonaggression, nonviolence, freedom from competition. It is not struggle, it is surrender.
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