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Knowledge is a curse precisely because it lets you see how stupid everyone actually is. You're always surrounded by ignorance, if you can't see it you're probably not smart enough.
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how can it be knowlegde if its not teaching you wisdom?
honestly, the only way knowledge would look like curse would be the kind that is purely superficial knowledge or rather, just facts without any inherent wisdom. knowledge in its true sense liberates and liberation doesn't occur without wisdom. the two go hand-in-hand.
good question! i think the saying "ignorance is bliss" is true, to a certain point. but what happens when you don't know what a car is and think it'll dissolve when you walk in front of it?
not so happy now, are we?
i don't think knowledge brings sadness, persay. rather, 'the more you know' [especially if what you're experiencing is something negative] gives you a sense of gravitas; also, since you're knowledgeable, you can use your knowledge to start coping, or to put yourself in the way of educational opportunities to help you cope. For example, maybe you have just realized that someone is abusing you; and you can't understand it fully. So, with your knowledge that says you should seek out help, you go to a therapist, or a group for abusees.
Sure, that's a really long journey, makes your mind as well as your body exhausted. but when it's all over, you feel much better about youself.
but happiness, to me, isn't a moment of YAYYYYY. happiness is understanding and accepting and being content and being ready to move on. if you're able to move forward, you can learn more and become wise, learn more and better yourself... the kind of things that lead to long-term happiness instead of that quick moment.
Knowledge I suppose could be a curse, but I think the truth behind it is (for me anyways), is that no matter how much I learn, the only thing I really ever learn is that I don't know as much I thought I did.
__________________ He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
__________________ He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
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