Sometimes I think life would be easier if I were more ignorant. Pretty dumb statement huh? I have always thought that the more intelligent one becomes the greater mental burden one endures. A person with above average smarts tends to look life at a more elevated level. Intelligent, educated people tend to peel back the various perspectives of a thought and scrutinize it with more intense analysis. We tend to question god and authority. We tend to stick up for our own rights and the rights of others. With this contemplation comes more questions and fewer answers.
In Buddhism, a common thread illustrates that it is difficult to achieve enlightenment until others around us cease to suffer; yet this world is consumed with suffering! Once one fully comprehends the magnitude of trying to end world suffering, a massive burden is realized – at least for me. How does one not become overwhelmed? What happens when you find that the right direction in life is completely the opposite of society? That in itself is suffering. It is almost as if we suffer many times by our own actions through ego and then suffer more trying to dig out of our own bad habits. Then comes the moral obligation to help others suffer less… well, it has been said that ignorance is bliss…
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