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Is training the intellect futile on the journey to self-realization?

Synthesized from Source outcome

"Train your intellect until it is razor-sharp, then use it as a stepping stone to transcend into the realm of wisdom."

Core Insight:
According to Osho, training the intellect isn’t futile; it’s necessary—an obstacle that becomes a step when transcended. Educate and refine reason until it’s razor-sharp, then stand atop it rather than be crushed by it. Intellect is a tool; wisdom is going beyond the tool. Avoidance breeds ignorance; mastery-and-transcendence births the Buddha.
Grow your thinking strong, then use it like a ladder to climb beyond thinking into real knowing.
Why this matters practically
- Guides balanced education: sharpen the mind, then let meditation transcend it.
- Prevents being trapped by scholarship or by naïve anti-intellectualism.
- Turns mental challenges into stepping stones for insight and freedom.
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