Reflections: Knowledge

Love: On the love of pure knowledge

If one can state that knowledge rules, why is there still open suppression of knowledge?

Even in our era, where there is the reality of a relatively high, academic achievement potential for anyone and everyone, on a global or international level, active suppression of knowledge still exists. So does the repression of writer's works and the oppression of writers, as well.

Often, knowledge is put down by authority figures, authoritarian rule or even brute force. It is frequently suppressed in many parts of the world, even during this time when there is a demand for extremely high technology, all over the world.

For many generations, knowledge has been kept from thousands of people on a global scale. Many times, certain kinds of knowledge have been kept completely secret. People have been left untaught or uneducated, all over the globe, while the knowledge that they need for basic survival, has been hidden or repressed.

Frequently there have been repeated attempts to prohibit the publication or revelation of knowledge and truth. This is true of the past; it is still happening in the present and will continue to happen in the future.

As a way to compensate, in many parts of the world, knowledge has been accumulated as secret knowledge, because the human perception of what is being taught does not include adequate understanding for appropriate comprehension. If anything, many people are afraid of the power that others have gained through knowledge or the actual knowledge itself.

People with acquired knowledge, are feared by many of those who do know or understand certain concepts or ideas. Knowledge is frequently perceived in terms of negative power and oppression, rather than as a goal to be attained.

There are those who have been taught to exclude knowledge from their consciousness, for whatever reason. 

They are not allowed to give vent to certain kinds of knowledge and thus, knowledge is repressed inwardly, as there is no expression of the awareness of that knowledge allowed, at least not in their  community or society. At times, this knowledge may re-surface, at a later date or take on other forms.

On the other hand, throughout the generations, there have always been those whose quest for pure knowledge has never ceased. Even in times of severe depression or radical oppression, it is pure knowledge that has enabled the survival of the human race.

Real love of knowledge leads one to seek pure knowledge or truth for the ultimate good of human kind. Knowledge should be used rightly, ultimately for the good of humankind and not for evil purposes.

One of the difficulties with respect to the suppression of knowledge lies in the reality that it is the knowledge itself, that is being sought and not the actual source of the knowledge or God, the giver of all pure knowledge.

The solution to this problem lies in seeking God, first. If one seeks God first, He will invariably reveal pure knowledge and truth, but with a difference, namely within the guidelines of His love.