Written by Mathew Naismith
Sitting back observing myself and others becoming aware, and
further aware, gives me a view that spirituality void of any dogmas is of the
light, a light within the darkness of ignorance. Ignorance gives us ego, without ignorance the
ego would be of little consequence; the ego certainly wouldn’t be
ruling/controlling us without ignorance so why live in a reality based on
ignorance especially considering ignorance can be quite destructive?
The reason ignorance is so destructive is this ego creates
egotism and the more ignorant we are the more egotistical we become, for
example, a lot of white men had slaves who were black. The reason for this is
because black people were deemed as inferior to white people, an obvious show
of utter ignorance and to own slaves had a lot to do with egotism as well
showing ignorance and egotism goes hand in hand. We can try all we like to take the
controlling ego tendencies out of our lives but the controlling ego will always
come back if we still live in ignorance as we are still creating an environment
for the ego to exist in. The easiest and
surest way to rid ourselves of the controlling factors of the ego is rid
ourselves of ignorance; the way to do this is become aware like through
spiritual awareness.
Ignorance is related to the controlling ego and all of the
ego’s tendencies, ignorance is also related to darkness in not being able to
see and feel beyond our own ignorance, our own impeded awareness. Ignorance is also related to a lack of
wisdom, not being able to acknowledge what our own knowledge is destroying and
how a lack of wisdom is impeding our common sense. It makes sense why we are still warring and
polluting the very thing we rely on for our own survival, we are still living
in ignorance, so what are we living in ignorance of?
As mentioned, wisdom is one of these things we are ignorant
too, without wisdom we are unable to use any knowledge sensibly and
constructively but this is but one attribute that ignorance obscures from us. The more aware, void of the controlling
factors of the ego we become, the more loving we became and the more of the
light we also become. Wisdom tells us to
become aware and while becoming aware we must also become unattached to the
controlling factors of the ego, wisdom shows us away to become light and love
instead of the darkness and chaos. One way to do this is become aware of our
own ignorance first of all and how man has nearly always lived in
ignorance.
Becoming aware will not automatically disperse the ego even
though we are no longer ignorant but aware, are we truly aware without being
aware of wisdom; we must not just be spiritually aware but spiritually
wise. The only thing that can really
dispel ignorance isn’t awareness or knowledge, it’s wisdom, the wisdom in
knowing how to use such awareness and knowledge in the first place. Science is about awareness and knowledge but
look at how science is destroying our environment, this isn’t very wise,
actually it’s ignorance of the harm of such effects science endeavours has on
ourselves and the environment.
How do we become wise instead of just knowledgeable? Books are a good source of showing us how to
use wisdom, so many of us these days use books, not just to become knowledgeable
but wise. Certain literature teaches us to be wise even though we are unaware
of this however not all literature will teach us wisdom. If I was to read literature on Quantum
mechanics, would I then be wise or would I just be more knowledgeable about
quantum mechanics? One must take notice
if certain literature is teaching us how to use this knowledge wisely not just
telling us about a kind of knowledge. Man has learnt how to split the atom, has he learnt
to use it wisely and constructively?
Literature doesn’t have to be just a source of knowledge but
wisdom. If I read literature on someone else’s actual experiences, am I just learning
knowledge or am I learning to be wise as well? I’m learning to be wise as well because I am
actually reading about actual experiences, actual experiences are of wisdom. Can I gain wisdom only through knowledge? Yes but only to a degree as it’s someone else’s
wisdom and knowledge, not our own. True wisdom
comes about by experiencing what we have learnt ourselves through literature
not just copying or mimicking someone else’s wisdom, this doesn’t mean we are not
learning to be wise through other people’s experiences but to become truly wise
we too need to have actual experiences for our own.
Is literature the only way to learn wisdom? Like I said, our own experiences teach us wisdom
which we have learnt through literature but literature isn’t the only way to gain
experiences therefore wisdom. I should also
point out not everything we experience ourselves will give us wisdom, how many
people go through life who haven’t learnt from their mistakes? In this case a wise person would learn from
others if they are unable to learn for themselves, this can be obtained through
literature, other people who have experienced similar mistakes but have learnt from
them. Literature is handy but it’s not
the only way to learn wisdom.
Another way to learn wisdom is by becoming connected to
inner self or the universal consciousness, this of course again can be learnt through
literature or through actual experiences of becoming connected. Becoming connected without learning how to do
this through literature doesn’t suite everyone, in this case these people are
best to learn wisdom through literature, through other people’s experiences. At
times this connectedness can automatically occur through trauma of some kind or
through just being lucky enough to be connected without effort and without
learning such things from literature. Learning wisdom to bring us out of our
ignorance and into the light of love comes in many forms for us to learn
through, once we have begun to become aware and wise, through whatever means, we
have begun to dispel ignorance and what ignorance has created, a controlling
ego and a reality of chaos.
Awareness and wisdom quite automatically brings us love and
light once we start to wisely use what we know, once in the light out of the
darkness of ignorance, love becomes a natural phenomenon without effort. Awareness and wisdom quite automatically creates
a reality of love and light where ignorance quite automatically creates an
unwise egotistic existence shrouded in darkness and in turn creating a chaotic
reality quite automatically. There is a
lot to be said about love and light for they are of awareness and wisdom, awareness
and wisdom instinctively creates love and light…….
