I always took it for granted that the everyday quotes like "Ignorance is Bliss" "Knowledge is Divine" etc are absolute truths. But... If given a thought, I kind of feel they are incomplete!
Absolute Ignorance is Bliss - Now that's complete. Lets take a child's mind for a start - Its a clean slate and a child is always in bliss but as he/she grows into adulthood, the impurities of this world barge into the system and that child's mind is no longer pristine to dwell in the blissfulness anymore.Adolescence brings in competition through comparison and contrast. That makes the mind all more restless opening doors of ego and self-consciousness. This is exactly when one feels the need of acknowledgment and appreciation irrespective of one's achievement! And if not solaced by these, that person will long for it more. - meaning no more bliss and no more absolute ignorance. They know they want something but cant figure out what!!! What a pity! This continues through out a lifetime unless its obstructed by complacency/laziness or success/achievement.
I am in a point where I am not absolutely ignorant of the world around me and it would be foolish to expect to know everything in one lifetime. Does that mean that humans have to suffer in this partial ignorance all their life? Is this the struggle that life puts us through? whats the point... do we learn anything or do we leave anything? What kind of life are we living? - Happiness - Yes it is there but Bliss aahhh not possible. We feel happy if we eat our fav food or we feel happy when we hear our fav music or alike but when do we feel blissful?
Okaaaay!! thats quite some musing - back to the normal world. I am in a blissful state momentarily when I see good art or hear time stopping music or jaw dropping ballet or anything that will hold still the ever moving time. I wish that I have many such moments which will hold time still - That will be my Bliss.!
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