To Know Or Not To Know

To know is to gain knowledge. To know that you know is to be ignorant. To know that you know nothing is the real wisdom.

We stop learning when our being(ego) becomes bigger than us. The moment we realize that we have learnt enough, ignorance starts. There are two ways that we can stop growing- one way is to feel that we have known enough to pass our life & another is to feel that there is nothing  left to know. In the first case, we put a limit to our knowledge & thus we only pass our lives instead of living. In second case we put limit to ourselves & die spiritually. 

A child learns most because he realizes that to grow he needs to know. He gets into stage of  constant learning very fast & remains there for pretty long period. After few years he starts thinking that he has gained knowledge of most of the things that is required to pass his life. Now he intends to specialize & walks in the direction of his dreams. But now he learns not for self but for others-for his family, for friends & for everyone connected to him & he prides himself being called successful in a particular field. Then he gains knowledge of all worldly affairs-he does so to have good relationship with his fellow human beings.

But what he misses is to learn for self. He feels he will have time enough to know when he will be free from others. But most of us fail to get that time & die in utter ignorance. Blessed are those who realize the meaning of true knowledge early in their life & go in quest of the same. They learn not for others but for self. The dilemma is not whether to know or not to, but what to know & what not to. If we can crack this puzzle,we will lead a life of bliss.