Some feel a sense of power with the acquisition of much knowledge. In the world of ideas, those who possess more know-how and adroitness do wield a kind of advantageous ‘intelligence’ simply because their performance in their society allows them to derive gains. Iow, they function well. Yet, it does not suggest that by using the indoctrination purposes, one is exempt from the realization that this way of life is not an indication of a self experiencing reality. It is merely a ‘self’ that has taken on the form of an imposed reality. And there is no harm in that.
Using this ‘arbitrary reality’ is one thing. Investing one’s entire being and existence in the knowledge that society dictates – and expecting to find peace, happiness and certainty in it – is wrong thinking. Even the thought that you are trapped in that thinking is also wrong thinking. If you believe that, all the more you will try to get out of the trap by utilizing the same instrument that caused you to think that you are trapped in the first place.
Thought seems to be the main controller, the chief manipulator, so watch how much it is instrumental in separating you from what you in fact are. That is, what you are when you are still and not constantly using anything else of what all of mankind has felt known and experienced: the main ingredients of thought.