Comments on: Osho’s Favourite Play …

By: Kavita

Kavita — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 03:33:33 +0000

I read the next article before signing in here &amp realised my folly of taking liberty &amp… later also that I can’t risk my neck!

By: frank

frank — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 21:45:59 +0000

Simond,
The idea that play and intelligence are opposed is entirely misinformed and unsupported by any evidence.
Those who believe them to be incompatible are simply ignorant.
And they display the same type of thought processes as religious and spiritual preachers and teachers of all stripes.

That is why I pictured you as a chaplain, Rev!

In fact, careful enquiry shows that play is the primary means by which intelligence is arrived at.
Play has the character of doing something just for the sake of doing it. It has its own reward. Yet, paradoxically, enormous positive results come from it.

Highly intelligent people know this. For example, Einstein said: “Play is the highest form of research.”

TV and mass entertainment are not good examples of play. More pseudo-play.

And laughter is not the answer to all and everything, but did you know that kids naturally laugh an average 200 times a day and in many adults that dwindles to close to zero?

Any world-view that supports this kind of direction in favour of some assumed ‘deeper intelligence’ is going to get it in the neck from me!

By: shantam prem

shantam prem — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 19:18:46 +0000

It is very difficult to get attention when Patriarch Lokesh is there.
By comparison, Simond is really young and vibrant.

By: Lokesh

Lokesh — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:21:14 +0000

What a bunch of softees. Whatever happened to true grit?

By: satyadeva

satyadeva — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 14:46:47 +0000

Change the e to i
Go on -
Just try…

By: Kavita

Kavita — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 13:52:54 +0000

Whenever there is a new entrant on SN it seems he / she has had to face the real power-of-the-mystery-school (this word I am borrowing from Shantam, who used this term in our one-to-one correspondence not very long ago).

All The Best, Simond, to me it seems your AIDS test is negative, after approval from SD the Chief Forensic Pathologist & let me take the liberty for the the rest of them, who have secretly accepted you!

By: Arpana

Arpana — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 13:04:30 +0000

Ah, bless.

By: satyadeva

satyadeva — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 13:01:00 +0000

And you sound somewhat ‘threatened’, Arpana, as if you feel your values have been ‘undermined’, or something like that.

By: satyadeva

satyadeva — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 12:55:25 +0000

Unjustified criticism, I think, Arpana.

Simond has given plenty of info about himself, where he’s been and where he’s at, and his contributions are on an altogether different level to Shantam’s.

For me, it’s clear from his posts that he’s closely looked into and is looking into and applying what he refers to, ‘living it’ rather than merely “parroting” others’ wisdom, as you claim.

For instance, re his take on how to bring up kids, well, being a father is (as Prince Charles once said) “a rather grown-up” sort of thing, it’s not just a matter of ‘theory’, it’s all too real, hence his approach has the urgency and sincerity of one ‘in the firing-line’ rather than that of a mere ‘commentator’ with nothing at stake.

I agree with Madhu, he’s been a welcome breath of fresh air, opening other perspectives here.

By: Arpana

Arpana — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 11:05:53 +0000

This sounds a bit sulky, Rev.