What is Knowledge : Ch-3. Part-12.

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Chapter-3. A Philosophic Outlook of Life
Part-12.

Are there things which we cannot understand?

If that is so, there must be a reason why we cannot understand.

Again, the philosophic mind presses itself forward.

"Why should I not know all things? Why am I kept in this ignorant condition that I cannot know anything, finally – though apparently, it appears all things are fine? I have a good house to live in, a soft bed to sleep on, and nice dishes to eat."

These are satisfactory things, no doubt, but a philosophic mind cannot be satisfied with a soft bed, a bungalow or any kind of physical comfort, because it knows that these cannot stand for long.

They may not even be there the next day.


Hence, there is a curiosity born of a dissatisfaction as well as a perception of wonder.

"How do things arrange themselves in this world in the manner they occur and present themselves?"

This rouses in our minds a sense of wonder.

The whole world seems to be a miracle.

"How does it behave in the way it behaves, and why should it do so?"

"Why should I not know things?"

"Why should I be ignorant of knowing things?"

"I will not deliberately keep myself ignorant."

Nobody would like to be ignorant.

Even an ignorant person does not wish to be called an ignorant person.

One resents such statements.

We do not want to be called 'idiot', 'stupid'; we cannot bear such statements.

We feel we are not that.

We do not like to rest contented that it is enough to be ignorant.

Swami Krishnananda
To be continued  ...



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