17 January 2015 - QA 2

Gurudev, yesterday you said that good people suffer because of foolishness. How to understand the difference between innocence and foolishness? Good people are innocent. Please explain.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

The word itself is self explanatory. Innocence is of the heart and it is not judgmental. Did you get it?
Don’t think that it is not possible to be innocent and intelligent. The foolishness of innocent people has no value. Similarly, the crookedness of intelligent people has no value. The right combination is intelligence and innocence. And this is, of course, rare to find. But I am telling you that you are qualified to have it. Just grab it.