Ignorance vs. Wisdom
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"The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master."
I believe spiritual freedom (a.k.a. self-discipline) manifests as bravery, confidence, grace, honesty, love, and inner peace.
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Quizzical18 wrote:We've all heard the phrase "Ignorance is bliss". That can be a valid statement if the ignorance is not harming you but if that phrase is true, then what is the point of finding wisdom (especially when that wisdom takes you out of the "Ignorant comfort zone" and into a harsher reality)? Is blissful ignorance really better than the inconvenient truth? If so, then why are we trying to find it? What's the goal? Why should we try to know if not knowing is better?
I believe we find it to obtain the harsher reality, to then later adapt to it. Maybe if we can find the wisdom it can better the evolution of our species. It is 1 of the basic human instincts, programmed in our wiring.
What can we do to better our survival and species, it's something we must do.
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This is a link to a discussion on the topic of Ignorance is Bliss from the Philosopher's lounge.
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I can appreciate the relativistic nature of Julio_sanchez's thought. Also, there is a significant difference between unintentional ignorance and intentional ignorance. One has an inherent ability for elemental bliss, the other does not.Julio_sanchez wrote:As they may be ignorant to your knowledge but not to their own which may cause them to believe that they are not ignorant at all, so they are not at bliss. Every person has a different level of knowledge and understanding, so really where does the ignorance end?
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For example if it occurs to you that you are ignorant of philosophy, this may make you feel dissatisfied unless you take steps to learn about it, in the hope that whatever pain that causes you will be less than the dissatisfaction of ignorance.
Whereas if it never occurs to you that you are ignorant of philosophy (i.e. you are ignorant of your ignorance), you cannot feel dissatisfied about your ignorance, and may be perfectly happy in that state.
But you cannot choose for something not to occur to you.
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Even those ignorant of their ignorance (thanks thinkingcat) will be unlikely to maintain a blissful state due to the fact the depth of that lack of cognitive function makes them incapable of dealing with the common difficulties everyone experiences on a daily basis.
Most of us seek to know because curiosity is the nature of the human animal. There is no question much of what we find or will find will be unpleasant/cause discomforts but essentially we have no other choice.
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If ignorance were truly bliss, we would all be in Nirvana.
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I can appreciate and agree with this statement except for the inclusion of faith in that it seems to be a mutually exclusive concept to indifference and acceptance. Faith, it seems, will let you down all too often in unrealized expectations.The Truth wrote:In the end there are three sources of bliss, indifference to what is or will be, faith in what is or will be, and acceptance of what is or will be.
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Faith is as close as one can get to self-imposed ignorance.Spiral Out wrote: I can appreciate and agree with this statement except for the inclusion of faith
When it comes to obtaining bliss in the context of harsh reality, one has three choices. Indifference, acceptance, or as Adam Savage might say, "I reject your reality and substitute my own."
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