Knowledge And Happiness Vs. Living A Life Of Happiness

In my opinion, it is difficult and impossible to determine whether living a life of ignorance or living a life being aware and conscious is right or wrong. Furthermore, it is also hard to know which would bring more happiness as it depends on the person. I believe that knowledge is unrelated to happiness. For instance, just because a person is unintelligent does not mean he or she is dumb. In contrast, knowledge and happiness could correlate if a person allows it. For example, Adam is happier when he learns something in school than playing football with his friends. For the Indian woman in the story, she did not know much nor had she experienced the things Brahman had experienced. Therefore, she had no idea how it felt like to be like Brahman, …show more content…
She is satisfied with where she is and is a faithful believer to her God. She does not ponder on questions that have yet to have definite answers but instead lives in the present and enjoy the unpredictability life has to offer. Knowledge does not guarantee happiness and this was the problem Brahman was facing then. Following the definition of successful as being rich and having a family, Brahmin was without a doubt successful; however, happiness was certainly not a feeling he possessed. Self-deprecation was the feeling he carried on his back constantly. In his case, self-deprecation was formed as a result of being scholarly. One of the troubles he had to overcome was existential crisis. He was informed of the different perspectives of human nature but he did not know which to believe in. He was suffering so much because he knew too much as opposed to the woman who was deemed as "ignorant". Brahman was wasting his life away by worrying and questioning about everything and exempted himself from enjoying the simplicity of life. The woman, however, was enjoying every second her life offered. She did not question anything but merely experience it. In a way, she can be considered as being more emotionally intelligent than Brahmin as she is associated with the meaning of acceptance. She is liberated from pain and despair because she chooses to accept things as it is and leaves the control to the higher up. She is her own person as she refuses to let ambiguous things to dominate her life. Therefore, by choosing to live like her, I am giving myself the happiness, freedom and fulfilment that were unattainable by Brahmin. Moreover, it is easy to not know than to know as we cannot be harmed by things that we are not aware of. Finally, being too conscious can be a form of suffering itself. For instance, being time conscious. By being time conscious, we become restricted by