With the lamp of knowledge, Archangel Uriel lights the way for all seekers of knowledge and wisdom; he is the keeper of all cosmic knowledge, both practical and Divine. As such, he helps us to raise our vibrational frequency and conscious awareness, acquire Divine knowledge, and cultivate spiritual awareness. Uriel also helps us to better understand our soul journey by helping us to recognize the cosmic interplay of cause and effect in both our present and past lives. This allows us to identify patterns of behavior, thought, and action that have contributed to our karmic cycles. With this recognition, we can release these patterns and forge a more positive avenue of progress. Through our own curiosity, Uriel encourages us to stretch the …show more content…
Far too many are living in a state of ignorance and denial, but denial is never a prosperous choice. No progress can be made in denying the reality of things. Denial keeps you mired exactly where you stand, floundering in the mud of ignorance. Open your eyes, my dears, open them. See what is before you and see what is behind you. When you can see these things, you will be able to see what is beyond you. All things become clear, and decision-making is far easier. We always love you, and our intention is not to chastise you for lack of knowledge, but to encourage you to seek it. Seek it always. Move forward with an active and open mind. Consider all things. Consider the impossible. Look around at the technological miracles that man has been able to unlock through the quest and acquisition of knowledge. Now, if man would just apply discretion and temperance….. It is our hope that man will continue to search for answers and find answers to his own inner questions. It is our hope that man will never stop asking “Why?” and never stop searching for answers to …show more content…
Answer this: “What is darkness?” Darkness is a lack of light, and that light is understanding. Darkness is ignorance. These are universal symbols. When we are in darkness, we are in ignorance. Ignorance is a lack of knowledge that prevents complete understanding. My dears, do not enjoy ignorance. It surely is not bliss. It is only darkness. Ignorance is a failed responsibility to know what is available to know. Do not embrace ignorance. Only embrace Light and Knowledge. Knowledge and his partner, Wisdom, will lead you far. Always seek it. We leave you now with this final word: Seek to know all that you can, but seek mostly to know and understand yourselves. Self-knowledge is the most valuable knowledge to each of you. Be a soldier of the seeking of self-knowledge. Peace to you, children, my dears. Be well. Call upon us at any time, and we will illuminate the way toward your enlightenment. Affirmation “Today I am guided to exactly what I need to know. Open my eyes, my heart, and my mind to
If expanded further, this metaphor can be applied to the entire human experience. All humanity is like a traveler driving through the dark. At varying junctions in our experiences we are, inevitably, both the discoverers and perpetrators of atrocities; the confusion surrounding our responses to theses junctions is the darkness we travel through.
Socrates once said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” He questioned the very nature of why things were the way they were, while never settling for simple, mundane answers. Socrates would rather die searching for the truth than live accepting what he considered a blatant lie. I like to think of myself the same way. I too would rather examine the wonders of life rather than accept what I am just told. The truth is some can’t handle the truth. I on the other hand welcome it with earnest anticipation and fervent enthusiasm.
We as humans tend to have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. We look for knowledge about everybody and everything that surrounds us in our day-to-day life. Sadly though, we must accept that in the grand scheme of life we (as a society) tend to put pleasure above our quest for knowledge. The pursuit of knowledge tends to take time and energy, two things we call invaluable, and it also shows us things that might depress us. Contrastingly, ignorance takes no time and energy.
Humanity is ultimately dark, it’s just we don’t dare to admit it. Humanity is like a ying-yang, it comes with the dark and the light, but we focus on the light in dark times; we always try to hide away the dark truth. Hiding away the darkness, making society seem perfect; humanity is really terrifying, knowing about the darkness that we all try to hide, is even more alarming. We commit genocide, spend more money on war than peace, child abuse, domestic violence, suicide, and more. We created this place in which all this happens, but we don’t accept it, we shun it. Keeping it locked up, we pretend it doesn’t happen. We don’t acknowledge any of this. We choose to wear rose-colored glasses, rather than seeing the truth of it
“Remain true to yourself, but move ever upward toward greater consciousness and greater love! At the summit you will find yourselves united with all those who, from every direction, have made the same ascent. For everything that rises must converge.”
...ould become unnecessary and meaningless "if only the darkness", like nothingness, "could be perfect and permanent" (116). Nothingness does preclude individual identity of any sort, however. Surrendering completely to nothingness would negate any possibility of authentic intimate human relations: the one source of meaning and happiness to Sylvie.
Our knowledge is a key to our success and happiness in our life to give us personal satisfaction. Knowledge is power but not always. Sometimes our self-awareness and growth as an individual gives us negative thoughts that make us want to go back to undo it. Everyone wants to unlearn a part in our life that brought us pain and problems. Good or bad experiences brought by true wisdom can be used for our self-acceptance, self-fulfillment and these experiences would make us stronger as we walk to the road of our so called “life”, but Douglas’s and my experience about knowledge confirmed his belief that “Knowledge is a curse”. Both of us felt frustrated and sad from learning knowledge.
Humans are, by nature, filled with curiosity. We incessantly seek to learn about the universe. Not surprisingly, we simultaneously strive to learn about ourselves. What is our place in the world? How do we grow into the people we are meant to be?
... to think deeper and seek answers that can achieve higher understanding of the world around us. Though, as, one will find stated in many books and readings of philosophy, “be aware that seeking deeper understanding and delving into the depths of more awareness, one may bring forth more questions than answers “.
Throughout its entirety, Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness utilizes many contrasts and paradoxes in an attempt to teach readers about the complexities of both human nature and the world. Some are more easily distinguishable, such as the comparison between civilized and uncivilized people, and some are more difficult to identify, like the usage of vagueness and clarity to contrast each other. One of the most prominent inversions contradicts the typical views of light and dark. While typically light is imagined to expose the truth and darkness to conceal it, Conrad creates a paradox in which darkness displays the truth and light blinds us from it.
"If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your l...
The veil of ignorance means to not know how specific deliberations will affect ones over a particular case and being obliged to evaluate evaluate principles solely on the basis of the general considerations. These people characterize things into two groups. Things that they do not know and are ignored, and things that they must know. Things that they often ignore consist of class positions, social statuses, distribution of goods, and natural assets and abilities. Things within the veil of ignorance that usually known are basic features of human social life, understanding political affairs, principles of economic theories, philosophy, and social organizations. The people incharge of taking a stand on the original position then often use these as a guide to make decisions on new laws and other necessities of a
Cypher seems to suggest that there are times when ignorance is bliss, and one is better off maintaining a positive illusion than facing a hard truth that one is not ready to accept. His statement could also be viewed as rigid close-mindedness, a non-willingness to see reality for what it is; a refusal to consider conflicting ideas based on a desire to maintain one’s beliefs. Generally, The Matrix raises a profound question as to why human beings want to know the truth. This paper will argue why one cannot be justified in choosing the “bliss of ignorance.”
People in everyday life are trapped by their incomplete and flawed understanding of reality. They are able to free themselves from that, but many prefer to remain in the dark.
“Ignorance is Bliss”, does that ring a bell? You may have been told something of that nature at one point during your life. “What you don’t know won’t hurt you”, how about that one? Parents often tell their children that when they have questions and their parents aren’t open to answering them. Humans tell people these things to avoid giving an answer.