There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge-that is everywhere, that is Atman, that is in me and you and in every creature, and I am beginning to believe that this knowledge has no worse enemy than the man of knowledge, than learning. Hermann Hesse
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“There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge-that is everywhere, that is Atman, that is in me and you and in every creature, and I am beginning to believe that this knowledge has no worse enemy than the man of knowledge, than learning.” – Rumi In this poem the poet discusses the duality of life. On one hand he speaks of a knowledge which is everywhere, which can only be accessed by knowing yourself and everyone else. Yet at the same time this knowledge can also be a type of learning or possession that makes us feel as if we have a certain control over our lives. The poem ends with a call to embrace the mystical power of knowledge by saying that it has no worse enemy than the man of knowledge or learning.

Source: Siddhartha

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