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Lecture - 9
Master says that there is a difference of levels attained by several types of souls. He agrees with the ancients that those who are practising sinful deeds attain a condition or state of Hell and those who are ignorant by good deeds most probably attain the level of Paradise. But to those who are innocent it is the world of Brahma. But as for the wise and learned people they create for themselves an artificial paradise in which they try to live. Obviously, the learned and the wise men build their own castles and dwell in them. It might be very uncomplimentary to the wise and learned. But, as I have always held, the process of learning involves a constant process of unlearning also. Any wise man going to advanced study in any subject would be asked to revise his original premises and rethink them and unlearn the usual habits of mind. That way leads to, what we may call, a development of Inner Being, and also it leads to the ultimate realisation of greater awareness of Reality. That is why every true learner is in a constant process of learning which involves a process of unlearning. That will also suggest to us the contradiction in Vidya and Avidya. Today's Vidya may be tomorrow's Avidya. Therefore, there is a 'relativity' in the very notion of knowledge and the notion of Ignorance. We have to arrive at a stage of transcendence over these fixed goals or limited notions of Vidya and Avidya. So, Master says that we must come to that condition of innocence which is Complete Ignorance, as defined by the Master. So, we have to use complete Ignorance in order to reach that State of Complete Ignorance.
Is it possible? Master says that In His own life, He had not read anything till perhaps He has attained that state. Afterwards, He began reading the old literature or learned treatises. That made him understand the limitations of those learned works, and also to size up the level of understanding of each of these learned men. So, personal anubhava is more important and ultimately it is the only means by which you can attain that state of Complete Ignorance which entitles you to enjoy the Real Realm of Brahma or Brahma Loka. This leads us further on to, what is called, the worlds of Infinity in which the realized souls, who are, as He calls it, swimming and expanding, so that they are one with the Ultimate without any kind of separation.