perception of truth is immediate ( 20 may 2006 sat)

Perception of Truth Is ImmediateThe verbal state has been carefully built up through centuries, in relation betweenthe individual and society; so the word, the verbal state is a social state as wellas an individual state. To communicate as we are doing, I need memory, I need words,I must know English, and you must know English; it has been acquired throughcenturies upon centuries. The word is not only being developed in socialrelationships, but also as a reaction in that social relationship to the individual;the word is necessary. The question is, it has taken so long, centuries uponcenturies, to build up the symbolical, the verbal state, and can that be wiped awayimmediately? . . . Through time are we going to get rid of the verbal imprisonmentof the mind, which has been built up for centuries? Or must it break immediately?Now, you may say, "It must take time, I can't do it immediately." This means thatyou must have many days, this means a continuity of what has been, though it ismodified in th e process, till you reach a stage where there is no further to go. Can you do that?Because we are afraid, we are lazy, we are indolent, we say, "Why bother about allthis? It is too difficult"; or "I do not know what to do"—so you postpone,postpone, postpone. But you have to see the truth of the continuation and themodification of the word. The perception of the truth of anything is immediate—notin time. Can the mind break through instantly, on the very questioning? Can themind see the barrier of the word, understand the significance of the word in aflash and be in that state when the mind is no longer caught in time? You must haveexperienced this; only it is a very rare thing for most of us.

The Book of Life - May 20