Knowledge can be defined as nothing but 'To know the truth'. To know something which is not true can be meant for entertainment but cannot be considered as knowledge because that does not add any value to our lives. Everything that exists - living or non living, big or small, good or bad, on earth or beyond the earth is all ‘Truth’. To know about these is Knowledge. Learning and realizing the fact that all the truths in the universe are nothing but part of the 'Ultimate truth' or the Param Brahma is the ultimate knowledge.
Our five sensory faculties along with mind constitute the six indriyas to receive knowledge. As creation is the truth, so is destruction. The truth always existed, is constant and will remain unchanged for time to come. Acceptance and the degree of acceptance may vary from time to time. Truth is constant and cannot be compared. A person standing in front of a tree can close his eyes and assume that the tree does not exist. But that would merely be his non-acceptance of the truth; it does not make the tree vanish. It would be a mere loss for the viewer only and does not affect the tree.
'Not to know' in other words can be defined as 'Not accepting the truth'. It is not the same as 'not knowing'. It is knowing but non-accepting or ignoring the same. In day to day life, our self driven obstruction of the senses lead us to Not-Know many things.
• To not know the truth that all faiths, beliefs and practices in the religious world are ultimate part of the one creation and lead to realization of God, leads to conflicts in the world.
• In the society, to not know that even a person who does not believe in Shirdi Sai is also His creation, pushes us away from that person. This leads to bias in our affection and responsibilities towards others.
• To not know that happiness and pain in our life caused by various factors are ultimately the creation of God alone, leads us to question our faith during adversities in life.
• To not know the fact that we are just an embodiment of a non destructive soul and that our existence is very limited, leads us to seek for frivolous and materialistic things in life. Rather than focusing on raising our consciousness, and self improvement, we fall into the trap of ego, honor-seeking, anger and jealousy.
• To not know the truth that all living and non living beings are a part of the Ultimate-Truth, makes us insensitive towards nature and other animals leading to endangerment of living beings.
Thus, we mere humans with all our senses and an opportunity called ‘Life’, should try to realize
and accept the Truth. If we do so and pray to Sainath, we may finally realize the Ultimate-Truth,
something which is not possible without the blessings of a Sadguru.
