Wise

There are only two states in this universe — wisdom or foolishness.

There is no good or bad, no sin or virtue, no heaven or hell, no god or devil — in short, no true duals. All dualities belong to the world of the foolish.

If you have ever identified with anything — a name (Vijay for example), a family, a religion, a country — you are in foolishness. This identification is ego. All duals appear as soon as you start looking into the world with some identity (based on what you like / dislike).

If you can remain without identity, you are in wisdom. As soon as you are free of identity, all duals disappear effortlessly like nightmare disappears as soon as you are awake.

If you ever feel you are right and the other is wrong, that is a sign of identification. It means you are caught, you are in foolishness. As long as foolishness remains, you will suffer and make those around you suffer — yet you may believe you are sacrificing for others. The cure is not to conflict with others, but to find a way out of this trap (foolishness).

This is the only real education needed in life. Everything else (worldly or religious education) is noise, painful,  useful only for survival in the world created by the foolish — and that same noise often ensures you remain in foolishness forever. Still, you may need to bear with it, go through that pain to survive, so your journey from foolishness to wisdom can continue. Without survival, there is no journey itself possible. And note this well — your learning will often complete while you are still struggling to survive. This is the wonder of life: there are no two separate lives — one for survival and another for the spiritual. If you think so, you are still under the clouds of foolishness.

Once you are wise, you will naturally know what is to be done and what is not.