What is more dangerous, being exposed to new or different ideas, or being unaware of them?
Learning new things can get you hurt, just like meeting new people or finding a new love can bring you pain.
So too can ignorance render you completely unprepared for reality.
Learning and experiencing are inevitable in this domain of reality. In the Light Heavens one may rest from learning, but they will return to the realm of cause and effect, or Time.
The restless world will continually bend and shape you, knead and ply you, and you will seek solace in a good book, a cozy home, a quiet time. You will for a time fear the unknown, until you get restless again and seek out a new understanding.
Yes, be cautious, but knowledge is power, knowledge is enlightenment. Each new layer of truth brings you a better world but a deeper understanding of sorrow. You understand the loss of those living in darkness and you grieve for them. You understand the privilege of your new joy, and the sobering reality that not all can experience freedom from ignorance. You know you have many miles to walk before you sleep again, and you are both exhilarated and exhausted.
You are afraid of electricity, but that won't stop you from turning on the light.
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