Sunday, 30 July 2017

Knowing beyond what we know...




The adage ‘we know’ brings with it a multitude of further questions - How do we know that we know? And if we know that we know then how do we know how much we know? Or whether what we know is true, correct, complete, and adequate? Is it the absolute truth, unquestionable, unchangeable? We know that absolute truth is with the absolute and we all are searching for it; so the knowledge of anything cannot be confirmed absolutely by the self, it is at best a postulate, open to testing and questioning. And question we must- to learn, to know. Knowing something means to be personally convinced of its truth. But the personal element here again makes it questionable.It is liable to be challenged; the personal definition can evolve and grow. That’s what life is- to successively know the better answer, to update the existing ones till we reach the ultimate truth. The firm, unchangeable, unbeatable truth.

Till we reach there, lets question and go on questioning every paradigm that we hold. Lets search the meaning behind a meaning, the question within the answer, lets not accept things as given, lets question, lets challenge the accepted ideologies and notions and norms and lets fight the lethargy, the conformity to a set way of life and thinking and get ready to experience the roller coaster ride to the ultimate.

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