Philosophy is one of the subjects that I like the most and also criticize the most because if we implement it, it will become "the new way of life" and "the new way of doing some tasks." If we don't implement it, then it's like building castles in the air, which is almost impossible and very difficult. So, it's good to read one philosophy and make one way so that we can achieve our destiny at last. When I think about Rabindranath Tagore, I feel a kind of joy because he was a naturalist and an idealist. He knew how to live and celebrate life; he knew the right way to practice his ideas in reality, which is why he established "Shantiniketan" to present the naturalist way of teaching, also known as the "walk and talk method of teaching." Walking is a kind of motor activity, but in actual sense, it is both motor and intellectual activity. I have often observed that whenever I run very fast, there are no thoughts in my mind, only emotions that force me to run as fast as I can. When I feel tired, there are no thoughts in my mind, and I realize that our mind, body, and emotions are not three different things; rather, they are the same and work together. If we somehow run beyond our body's capability, I'm sure we can achieve a state of thoughtlessness, just like Buddha achieved in meditation. However, he adopted a different way to achieve the state of thoughtlessness; he went into meditation, watched his subconscious mind, and detached himself from every kind of thought. Osho also said that if we walk as slowly as we can, we can achieve the state of thoughtlessness because when our body movement slows down, our intellectual movement also slows down. If we walk like a thinker, automatically we start thinking like a great thinker. The question is, how do thinkers walk? They walk as if their body is walking itself, and their mind is searching for something different. That's the reason most great thinkers commit silly mistakes; they forget their own home or the homes of their friends and relatives because their mind is not there to notice the location. My father often taught me many lessons through "teaching by walking." I like walking because when we walk, we can critically examine our thoughts, and many counterarguments come to mind, expanding our thinking capabilities.
Osho also emphasized to walk as much slow as you can.

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