Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Do you don't know what you don't know?

Chatting up with my friend Rajesh at work is always fun and quiet often you hear some golden quotations.Today morning he mentioned about this quote,that he read some where.The origin's of this quote really don't matter, for what we need is the awesomeness of the meaning behind these four questions. Here is the quote

"Do you know what you know?
Do you know what you don't know?
Do you don't know what you know?
Do you don't know what you don't know?"


     This quote with use of few words but with deep sense of philosophy changes the depth of the understanding of the things that happen in our life.

     I felt the last sentence "Do you don't know what you don't know?" is the most difficult of the situation one could face and realizing that what effects it had on our lives.In this age of vast amounts of knowledge and google, I am quite sure that like me ,many of us still don't know what we don't know.It does sound scary thinking of how our past deeds with our minuscule knowledge and ignorance have effected the way  our lives run.

Alas this simple quote humbles the humans  grandeur and pseudo security of how much we know and throws us to the ground from that pedestal we created, trumpeting ourselves about advancement in technology.

As an afterthought,I am still wondering what should I do to face the final question and answer it as yes.I am  pretty much sure the answer would always be no forever.Life is a big mystery and full of surprises.