Of course it promises all, that is how philosophy becomes so important – because of its promises. How long can you go on carrying the word food and remain hungry? One day or other, you will become aware that what you are carrying is only a word – it cannot nourish you, it cannot give you life, and it cannot give you peace, and it cannot give you anything. How long can you go on playing with the word? The word food is not food. One day or other, an authentic inquirer comes to that great moment of realization when he feels weary, tired – tired of all this nonsense that goes on in the name of thinking. All philosophy is a prejudice and no concept is a bridge – all are barriers.
They don’t allow you to see that which is, they come in the way, they are prejudices. Truth is naked, truth is all over, truth is within and without and the only barriers are the words, the theories, the theologies that you have learned. It distorts reality, it interprets reality, it gives a garb to reality, it hides reality, it covers reality. And when I say philosophy, I mean all philosophy, mine included because philosophy creates a screen of words, and you cannot see reality as it is. All men understand the joy of being alive, but not its misery, the weariness of growing old, but not its ease, the ugliness of death, but not its repose.” “Great is death! The gentleman finds rest in it, the mean man submits to it!” Look forward to the lofty and domed mound of your tomb and know where you shall find rest.”
Tzu Kung grew weary of study and told Confucius, “I want to find rest.”
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