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and it remains hidden. It has to be rediscovered. Intelligence is an intrinsic quality of life. It need not be learned, it is already the case; by being alive we are intelligent. But the society has done great work in keeping our intelligence hidden.
Instead of helping the intelligence to arise it has enforced intellect upon us -- which looks similar but which is not the same. Intelligence is wisdom; intellect is knowledge, information. Intellect is always borrowed, never original; intelligence cannot be borrowed. it is always original. It originates from our own inner core, it wells up within our being.
All that is needed is to remove the blocks; and that's the function of a master. I cannot give you intelligence but I can remove a few rocks in the way. Once those rocks are not there, the intelligence starts flowing. Those rocks can be removed because they have been put there from the outside.
My definition of religion is: whatsoever the society has done, religion has to undo.
[A sannyasin says that Indian people tease him about his name, deva nirodh, as it can also mean divine birth control.]
They also call it nirodh -- birth control devices their call nirodh! But it is a very ancient word; it means inner discipline. Patanjali has defined Yoga as 'chit vrutti nirodh': the stopping of all the waves of the mind. He uses the word 'nirodh' for the discipline that stops all the waves of the mind.
But all the old languages have many meanings for one word. It can be used as 'the discipline that stops the mind waves'; it can be used as 'that which stops the birth of a child.' So one of the most famous devices in India for birth control has the name 'nirodh'; that must be why they laugh.
Next time they laugh, you laugh louder than them, and tell them 'You need nirodh!' 'Nobody else in the world needs it so much!' You tell them 'You need me'; just tell them.
[A sannyasin says: Since you gave me the name Nirmohi I feel so attached to everything.]
That's good. You are becoming aware! You were not aware, that's all.
People go on living without being aware that they are attached, that they are possessive,
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