This growth of knowledge has brought immense benefits to the individuals as well as to the societies, but its not without drawbacks as well.
Two fold definition of knowledge:
- The body of facts acquired by study.
- The act and process of knowing.
Over emphasis of the first part in our education system and later on in the work ethics, curbing curiosity and not allowing and encouraging pro activity and creativity which is the kernel of the second part.
The driving forces in the pursuit of knowledgge are necessity, curiosity, utility and knowledge for knowledge's sake.
What is generally known as knowledge is the knowledge of understanding the nature's processes operating in the universe.
All so called invensions are not invensions at all as all the nature's processes are pre existent, all we do is unveil them. We do not invent new processes.
The knowledge of the physical world and the mental workings is of use and important in its own field, but there is yet higher metaphysical knowledge which forms the main aim in the pursuit of knowledge.
This is the knowledge of the truth of consciousness, truth of cosmos and the truth of ourselves in the cosmos. The knowledge of our real selves not the body, life and mind as currently we are inclined to believe, but instead the spark of the Divine Being in us.
Why is this knowledge necessary? This question can be answered by another question. If you do not pursue and gain this knowledge what contribution have you made towards your own destiny as well as the destiny of the human race in your life?
The destiny being the manifestation of Divinity in life on earth.
There is process of spiritual evolution taking place separate to the Darwinian evolution. It is the evolution of the self imposed nescience of the Divine to the superconsciousness - the fully evolved Divine consciousness.
Man is at semi evolved state and can make a conscious effort to get to the next stage ie from current mental man to spiritual man.
Tools for making this progress are not the usual faculties of reason, logic and intelligent will, as they can not grasp the infinite by the tools of the finite. The tools required here are intuition reaching the surface consciousness un contaminated by ignorant desire and ego for which purification of the instruments of body, life and mind are necessary.
The popular understanding of intuition is not applicable here. What we call intuition in common parlance is merely a gut feeling prone to error and actually contaminated by desire, ego, wishful thinking etc. It will be quite dangerous to rely entirely on it and act accordingly. What is meant by intuition here is pure ray of infallible knowledge reaching the surface consciousness, uncontaminated, from the depths of one's being or from the higher planes of consciousness.
Another tool is to strive to get the direct experience of the 'Self' by quietening the surface mind and life and gain knowledge by identity.
All of this is achievable because it already exists within us.
The human race is heading towards a complete manifestation of Divinity on earth.
THE PURSUIT OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THAT DIVINE SPARK WITHIN US IS THE GOAL AND AIM OF LIFE ON EARTH FOR THE MANKIND.
-Prakash Sharma.
