Why is knowledge criticized while ignorance is not?
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"Knowledge can be a veil that hides your true self, while ignorance, when embraced, opens the door to authentic wisdom."
According to Osho, knowledge is criticized because it is second-hand, ego-inflating and deceptive: it covers your basic not-knowing, breeds cunningness and distracts you with words, blocking real self-knowing. Ignorance isn't condemned because it is honest, innocent, and truly yours; seen meditatively, it becomes wisdom. Admitting "I don't know," like Socrates, is the first step from pure ignorance to liberating wisdom.
Facts can puff you up, but honestly seeing you don’t know keeps you open so real understanding can grow.
Why this matters practically
- Promotes humility and curiosity instead of ego and pretense.
- Encourages meditating on not-knowing, transforming it into living wisdom.
- Helps avoid second-hand, parroted opinions that block self-knowledge.
- Encourages meditating on not-knowing, transforming it into living wisdom.
- Helps avoid second-hand, parroted opinions that block self-knowledge.
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