avatarPretheesh Presannan

Summary

The text suggests embracing the limitations of intellect to allow for a deeper, more receptive awareness.

Abstract

The poem "Limit of Intellect" conveys a philosophical message about the value of recognizing and respecting the boundaries of one's own intellect. It encourages the reader to let their mind rest at its limit, to be alert and silent, so that a more profound understanding or experience can emerge. This is likened to a blade of grass that stops its restless search for its origin and instead becomes sharp and focused, ready to absorb the sunlight. The text concludes with a quote promising that by asking and being receptive, one can receive and find complete joy.

Opinions

  • The intellect's limit is presented as a beneficial place for alert silence and receptiveness.
  • There is an implied critique of the intellect's tendency to 'twist and turn' in a futile search for its source.
  • The text suggests that true understanding or joy comes from a state of stillness and acceptance at the edge of one's intellectual capabilities.
  • The poem endorses the idea of being open to receive, akin to how a sharp blade of grass is primed to absorb sunlight, suggesting that this readiness is a precondition for enlightenment or fulfillment.

Limit of Intellect

Staying in its limit alert and silent

Photo by Timothy Eberly on Unsplash

may your intellect find its limit and stay alertly still there so that something alive can enter like a blade of grass no longer lost in its twisting and turning to blindly chase its source instead found its limit and stayed there sharp like the edge of a sharp blade now all set to receive sunlight.

“Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete”

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