On Ignorance

Ignorance is such a derogatory-sounding word, but people we would call ignorance only need some compassion and, of course, learning.

You can remember a time you were what you would now call "ignorant." Ignorance is just a phase.

I would define enlightenment as knowing you don't know everything which automatically opens you up to knowing more. Only when you think you know everything do you stop learning--and become ignorant.

I can't help quoting Conversations with God again (by Neale Donald Walsch): "The first sign of a primitive culture is it thinks itself advanced."

Remember in Titanic when the orchestra was instructed to play outside on the deck of the ship to calm people and make them think everything was fine? It worked for some, and they calmly went on, never believing they could actually be headed for total calamity. This fits perfectly with how some people look at global warming. They go outside in winter, find it chilly, and say, everything is fine! Nothing warm going on here! They only see what is literally in front of their noses.

Stretch yourselves!! You are also ignorant, by another's standard. You are unevolved, by another's more evolved standpoint. There is more to experience with your mind--and soul--than you can imagine. ("You experience a 3-dimensional reality. You do not live in one."--NDW) What you see with your eyes and experience with your senses is literally a sliver of reality. Tell the universe you want more and you are ready to be surprised, stretched, and challenged, and you will be. This is how life feels like an exciting adventure. It is only mundane to those who think they know what is real.