Ignorance is bliss if you’re in bliss while ignorant. If you live a happy and content life while not being aware of the problems around you… then yes ignorance is bliss.
If you are living in ignorance but you are miserable – you dislike your job, your marriage, and how you spend your days – but you are unaware of yourself and the fact that you can change these things… then no ignorance is not bliss.
I can’t think of anyone I’ve met who is the first type. So it may be a fallacy. Which means that it’s probably best to work on finding your bliss through self-awareness.
Part of living your bliss is finding and maintaining your balanced or centered self. The process of finding your balance means keeping the things that make you feel good in your life, and eliminating the things that don’t make you feel good. It’s not ignorance to be aware of something and then to decide that you don’t want to have it be part of your life. That’s decision making and it’s crucial to your bliss.
So you know what, forget that old saying. The new one is “balance is bliss.”
Ignorance is to be unaware – you’re missing out on much, yourself, life.
Innocence on the other hand can be openness, the beginner’s mind, which enables the deeply experiened to see the new again and again.
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michael
Michael~ Thank you as always for your wonderful thoughts and insight. I read the post and like your philosophy. Great work!
Ben:
Wisdom is Bliss….
Wisdom understood not as knowing all, but as Knowing Enough….
I think it should be “Perfect ignorance is bliss” because as human beings once we achieve balance we soon get bored and then want more! its only looking back that we realise that what we had before was balance and near perfect!
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Jose~ Thanks for the thoughts. I agree that Wisdom is also bliss.
Sidney~ It is very true that we tend to want more all the time. I’m constantly playing with what it means to develop myself further and to contribute back to the world while remaining balanced. It’s an interesting intersection and I look forward to exploring it more. Thanks for your thoughts!