Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
It's easy to fall a little in love with not-knowing — with staying comfortably unaware.
And then the clear little lamp of wisdom inside us grows dim.
The Pause names the deeper problem beneath all the attachments: he is in love with ignorance. Sometimes we don't want to see clearly — it's more comfortable to stay unaware, to not look too hard at ourselves or our pulls. And the cost is quiet but real: the lamp of clear wisdom grows dim. We each have a little inner lamp of understanding, and 'loving ignorance' — choosing not to see — lets it dim down until we're stumbling in our own dark. For a child, this is a gentle, important insight: it's tempting to not want to know hard truths about ourselves, but keeping the little lamp of honest seeing bright is what keeps us from getting lost. Choose to see clearly; keep the lamp lit.
Is it sometimes easier to NOT know something about yourself? Why is honest seeing still worth it?
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