Too much knowledge makes us tense as we know all the impending dangers, while having no fresh means of guarding

ourselves from it. That is why being a little fool hardy is sometimes a very good thing as it gives us the perspective that we are loved by the entire universe, no matter who we are in life and that all life is out here to love and not hurt us. Using knowledge to lead our life can be detrimental towards leading a happy and fulfilling life. Rather we should focus on our intuition, because that is where instant guidance comes to us from the non-local intelligence. Depending too much on our knowledge would make us closed to new experiences in life as we wouldn't know what to do, as life always throws fresh incidences at us, so that we can learn to respond to life in new and better ways. Such creative responses can only happen if we stay centered in, who we are within. Otherwise we might get stuck in the past or our knowledge of it, which might be present to us by our mind, the great processor as wisdom and lead to our downfall. While life is all the time offering us fresh perspective to it, it is always creating out of the box, no wonder the new always feels as chaotic, though that itself is the sign that the new is about to happen. The best way to avoid this out would be to stay open to all kinds of experiences every moment, yet remain focused on your inner Self, because that is where the real guidance comes from, through intuition and not from mind which only presents old knowledge as wisdom. Wisdom is always staying fresh to life as it is happening right now. There is no such thing as too much knowledge because you will never achieve such a thing Knowledge is a great thing, but if you know too much, I've always heard, that you will go mad, because your mind can't understand it all. So, thinking outside the box is not being in the incrowd, thinking for yourself, sure some incrowders are thinking for themselves, you don't always follow the rules, do your own thing.

Swami Sukhabodhananda RSS Feeds| SMS ASTRO to 8888 for latest updates A man with eight PhDs - he was proud of his achievement - met a monk. The monk asked him, "Why have you been so foolish in life?" The man said: "But I have eight PhDs!"

"I have understood you; it is foolish to spend the best part of life reading instead of enjoying the birds, stars and the moon", said the monk. "You may have knowledge but not clarity; you may know a lot and yet understand nothing". What does one have to understand about life? You have many centres: Intellectual centre, an emotional centre and a body centre. In each centre, there is a mechanical and magnetic part. The mechanical part acts like a machine while the magnetic part acts with ore awareness. You have to transform yourself. Your mechanical movements and thinking have to change. Your mechanical emotions like jea- lousy and hatred have to be overcome. You can do this by bringing in more awareness. Then a complete being will emerge. When you increase awareness, even poison can turn into medicine; and with no awareness, medicine can become poison. Why are we so mechanical? A king dreamt that he was a beggar. His guru, in his dreams, told him the truth that he was a king and not a beggar. Now was he to argue with his guru or just wake up? The question of "why" cannot be answered. When did time begin? You cannot answer such a question. Which came first, egg or hen? There is a logical fallacy in the very question. Realise that we are mechanical. Bring in more awareness and see the lifetransformation. Even inert objects have life. Treat any object with loving awareness and it will guide you mysteriously. Your intuition and purity have to increase to receive this message. When you bathe, lovingly talk to water. In a relationship, is it not necessary to judge? >> In a relationship, is it not necessary to judge? Keep yourself relaxed. Increase your awareness and love. Not to judge should not be a conclusion. Don't make it a demand or compulsion. Let there be a choice. There is a difference between "should' and "choice'. "Should' creates stress; it limits you to only one option. Choose not to judge. It is not a demand but a wise choice. The danger of judgment is that you stop seeing the object of judgment and you are more in your judgment.

In life, you have to make judgments, but don't be a victim of your judgments. Suppose a thief enters your house, you have to judge him but then, be open to the possibility that he could change. Suppose you meet him after 10 years, see if he has changed or not. Do you still judge from the memory that he has been a thief? If you do not have this awareness, you will not see the change in a person even if he has changed. What should one be really aware of? Negative emotions poison. Like avoiding poisonous food, avoid negative emotions. Don't identify with them. Don't participate in them. Choose to create a new will, not be driven by negative emotions. They deplete your energy. They keep you asleep. They are harmful and heavy. They make your life complicated. For example somebody's success should not be your failure. We define our failure by somebody's success. We feel jealous seeing someone successful. Jealousy is a great poison. Compete with your potential. Even if you compete with others, enjoy it. See beauty all around. Do not define your success and failure by someone's success and failure. I think knowledge is the key to the future...get as much as you can Knowledge can never be too much if it is duly used to build wisdom rather than to bloat the ego. In any case, knowledge as such does not harm... it neither stops further learning nor fixes a viewpoint.... it is the feeling that I know a lot which feeds the ego and thereby hinders further development, learning and openness to new ideas. In other words, it is not knowledge, it is the pride of knowing that hinders learning and development The answers so far are pretty good, but... Sometimes too much knowledge hinders us from making good decisions