Knowledge Is Power
The exercise about knowledge from the Daily Power Word is to look at knowledge through the eyes of another. How do you look at knowledge through the eyes of another person? This is an intriguing exercise, but I am not sure how to go about doing this. I could read a book to do this or I could use free writing and my inner critic. Now that sounds like an interesting exercise, eventually I will try one of these exercise through the eyes of my inner critic. Today, however, I in much too good a mood to deal with my inner critic. So I will ask some questions and free-write on the question.
What is knowledge? I could answer this question from the dictionary, but instead I am simply going to start out free writing on the subject and see what I discover. First, the title for this piece comes from a phrase quoted in the introduction to the Daily Power Word exercise. Knowledge truly is power, because it reveals to us what we do not know. In fact knowing what one does not know is an important aspect of knowledge. If one is not aware of what he or she does not know then it is difficult to acquire knowledge of any type.
There are several types of knowledge. There is knowledge of ourselves this refers to knowledge of our physical bodies as well as knowledge of our souls (spirits). There is knowledge of technological items, material items, scientific theories and natural processes or laws. There is spiritual knowledge and there is religious knowledge. Then there is the knowledge of God. Usually when we refer to the knowledge of God we are talking about human knowledge about God. However, God has knowledge about humanity and indeed about all of creation. God knows us better than we know ourselves. He, (it is interesting that we humans refer to God as He when God is an unknowable spiritual essence that neither ascends into or out of material existence and does not have gender as we humans know it) God, knows us better than we know ourselves. God knows our limits and is always pushing us to find those limits for ourselves. We humans think we know our limits, but unless we are tested we do not know our limits or even what we are capable of achieving.
What is knowledge of God? We know God through the Prophets or Manifestations (those who reflect the attributes of God to humanity). Religions teach us about God and we learn about God through prayer, meditation upon the sacred writing and by knowing our own selves. Human beings have the ability to reflect all the attributes of God, that one reason we encounter test. Once the mirror of our souls are cleaned of the dust and the dross of material desires they are capable of reflecting the attributes of God to humanity and to the rest of the universe. Tests and difficulties help us to know ourselves and when we learn about ourselves; about the attributes of God within and are capable of reflecting those attributes then we have learned something or gained some knowledge about God. When we know God’s Manifestations, Prophets or Messengers (call the revealers of God which ever of those you want) then we know God. One of the reason an individual human is born into the world of mater is to know, love and worship God. The purpose of humanity in general, of the entire human race, is to carry forward an ever advancing civilization. Without knowledge humanity can not carry on an ever advancing civilization.
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