A mind that gives an opinion about a fact is a narrow, limited, destructive mind...You can
translate the fact in one way, and I can translate it in another way. The translation of the
fact is a curse which prevents us from seeing the actual fact and doing something about
the fact. When you and I discuss our opinions about the fact, nothing is done about the
fact; you can add perhaps more to the fact, see more nuances, implications, significance
about the fact, and I may see less significance in the facts. But the fact cannot be
interpreted; I cannot offer an opinion about the fact. It is so, and it is very difficult for a
mind to accept the fact. We are always translating, we are always giving different
meanings to it, according to our prejudices, conditionings, hopes, fears and all the rest of
it. If you and I could see the fact without offering an opinion, interpreting, giving a
significance, then the fact becomes much more alive—not more alive—the fact is there
alone, nothing else matters; then the fact has its own energy which drives you in the right
direction.
