Knowledge is power, people say... and that is very true. Knowledge can be liberating and allows you to make informed choices but at times knowledge or knowing is a confine to what is or what can be because knowledge is limited, and that makes knowledge or knowing a burden. Let me explain.
Why do i say that knowledge is limited when there is so much information to know out there that you can't even know all of it. This is because we, the human race, our scientists and philosophers and chefs and so on... find new knowledge every second of our perceiving lives.
You see, when you assume that you know, you will stop inquiring into new knowledge thus you will stop inquiring into new possibilities and this makes your mind a limited mind. Limited to what you know. When in actuality, no matter what you do, absolute knowledge is unlimited, unfathomable, and therefore you can't know! How can you know? The only possible solution then, is "I don't know". Ironic isn't it?
When you say i don't know. It is very powerful. Very powerful in the sense that it will open the door for you to find out. To delude yourself with knowledge is hell of a burden as you will be circling around a pond that doesn't go elsewhere. When you're not knowing, you're in an ocean, vast and unlimited! That's the beauty of not knowing.
In our society, people shame each other for not knowing any better. It's absolutely hilarious to me because the ones who shame others can't ever know themselves! And what they do by shaming other people, is shutting the door for other people to know as well. It's selfish, unacceptable and shameful.
After reading this, it might be a little bit wobbly and you might have doubts, as i also did in the beginning. I really recommend J. Krishnamurti's Freedom from the known. It will open your mind in a way that has never been opened. You won't know what open means anymore! haha! Cheers, and have a fantastic time.
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