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Salient Features - Series 2
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Ignorance Is Bliss
The fact of unknowing, which Lalaji expressed so simply
- "Ignorance is Bliss". When there is a fire and
I don't know that there is a fire, I am comparatively happier
than if I know there is a fire. This is a very superficial
way of looking at ignorance. Spiritual ignorance means
not knowing anything about anything, but basking in the presence
of Him who is my all. What have I to know? When the dog
sits or lies down contentedly at his master's feet, there
is a bliss in his whole bearing. You know, it is not just
the face. There is that relaxation in his attitude. He is
stretched out with his four paws down, his chin on one of
the paws and the side glance at his master's face. That is
enough for him! That is the only bliss he knows! It is the
presence which is the true ignorance of the rest - of knowledge,
of unknowing, of vice, of virtue. That it is the true situation
in which the "Sukha dukhe same krutva" (Treating
alike pain and pleasure) condition can exist.
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