How many people think about the ''KNOWLEDGE''?

Dear Sir, We have already seen that there is a difference between transactional and transcendental knowledge. You can see a parallel in theoretical and applied science. They are two different things. Pursuing your aspiration in one area will conflict with the other. If you are keen on transactional knowledge, whether, philosophy, religion, science, business, medicine etc., you have to forget any progress in transcendental knowledge. Methodology/Technology is important only in transactional world. In transactional world you look for profit/gain and consolidate the ego. Profit need not necessarily be cash, it is any action of self-advancement. In transcendental there is no method or technology,or application of ancient or modern techniques. In sanskrit the transcendental knowledge is known as Brahma Yajna. Brahma means the Para Brahman and yajna means journey. Journey towards awareness of Parabrahman. You should also be aware, that in Western system they employ 'the formula' for precisely the same purpose that you quoted in sanskrit, with same or better results!

 With Love .

Here we are going to consider the final aspect of
” knowledge.”
As we have seen, book knowledge and experience are necessary for transactional knowledge
so that we can live comfortably in this world. We also need to depend on knowledge of others
to meet some of our challenges in life, such as those of doctors, lawyers, engineers, accountants
and bankers. However much, such knowledge is made available to us, personal issues would not be addressed by the knowledge. Your anxieties, fears, hopes, aspirations, desires and relationships cannot be addressed by this knowledge. The knowledge in short is impersonal.

There are then books on personal aspects that promise to alleviate your anguish. They solve one problem, but bring in its wake many others. This is so because they follow a partial approach. Your total personality needs to be addressed in order to sublimate the problem. Since transcendental knowledge addresses the personal aspect of a person, it was found very convenient by religions, to use this transcendental knowledge through books, impressive speeches, stories and what not to convert you to a life long allegiance to their doctrine of personal development. It has been found that they maim you and you live a handicapped life thereafter. You live in an illusion thereafter. One example will suffice. You know the religious books advise you that the ego has to be sublimated. After reading such books and after some practices prescribed therein, many start feeling that they have eschewed ego, but it raises its ugly head when suitable circumstances surface. Not a single soul has so far done away with his ego after reading scriptures or religious books. As second best, some of the books suggest that your ego is so sharpened that it is ready for being obliterated by the Lord. Then there are those who tell that the best way is Sharana Gathi, surrender to the Lord totally along with the ego. Of course that is not the way of knowledge but denying it. Such people contend that knowledge makes you ego-centric. Anyway, knowledge is not helpful to you personally except for earning a livelihood. Strictly speaking, knowledge is only transactional.

We are, in fact, speaking of two different things when we consider knowledge. There is’ knowledge’ and ‘knowing.’ Knowledge is an accumulation process. You gather knowledge and store it in your mind. When you find a need for it you retrieve it for application. It is a process pertaining to the mind and stimulated by thought. On the other hand, knowing is an ongoing process. It is also a process of learning. It needs only your attention. What is that attention? That attention is that of the Consciousness. It calls for total attention. When you give partial attention, as we generally do, the mind intervenes and high jacks the event into the knowledge field! See this happening in you, it is very interesting. How does the mind highjack? It will use the tools of comparison and judgment; analysis; likes and dislikes; agreement or disagreement; and conviction and non-conviction before storing the information.

For living in this world earning a livelihood; for decoration; earning acceptability in the social ladder;
boosting one’s ego; knowledge is very handy. For seeking the inner Truth-the Paramatma, only the process of ‘knowing’ is necessary. We live in a fool’s paradise if we think that transactional knowledge will help.
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