Die Menschheit ist nicht mehr darauf beschränkt, teilnahmslos den Preis der Unwissenheit zu bezahlen, sonst wäre ihr kollektives Bewusstsein nicht auf sein neues Niveau angestiegen. Von nun ab kann der Mensch wählen, nicht mehr von der Dunkelheit versklavt zu werden und seine Bestimmung kann somit gesichert sein. Afflicted by Forces Unseen?, Exzerpt aus Power vs. Force

5. Denke daran, Christus, Buddha und Krishna sagten allesamt, dass jeder Irrtum auf Unwissenheit beruht. Sokrates sagte, alle Menschen könnten nur das wählen, wovon sie glaubten, dass es gut sei. FU Erleuchtung ist möglich, Kapitel 19 ''Einfache Werkzeuge von großem Wert'', S. 362

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Ignorance and unawareness are the despair of humanity. Source unknown

Falsehood and ignorance are not enemies of truth. They merely represent its absence. Source unknown

We may expect great transformations throughout human culture, as mankind becomes more responsible for its knowledge, and thus its deeds. We've become fully accountable, whether we like it or not. We're at the point in the evolution of our collective awareness where we may even assume stewardship of consciousness itself. Humanity is no longer resigned to passively paying the price of ignorance, or its communal consciousness wouldn't have risen to its new level. From this time forth, man may choose to no longer be enslaved by darkness; his destiny can then be certain. Afflicted by Forces Unseen?, excerpted from Power vs. Force

There are only two obstacles:
1. the ignorance that is always available and present and
2. valuing something other than peace and joy above that peace and joy because of the secret pleasure of the payoff.

The Eye of the I, S. 48

Remember Christ, Buddha, and Krishna all said that all error is due to ignorance. Transcending The Levels of Consciousness, S. 333

There is no indication from any source from higher truth that God is influenced or assuaged by guilt. The great sages of history do not speak of guilt but instead refer to "sin" as being due to ignorance. Along the Path to Enlightenment. 365 Reflections from David R. Hawkins, S. ?, Reflection of October 21th

So Christ and Buddha and other great sages who said to forgive people did so because the basic problem is only that of ignorance. This basic ignorance seems to be built into the human brain itself. Interview On the Trilogy of Book 1, 2 and 3, Openexchange.org, Susanne Spitzer, 2004

Ignorance born of innocence is seen to be the only 'defect' that needs to be transcended. It is seen that the nature of Creation is as it is and not in need of correction. Interview The Path of Simplicity, presented by US magazine In Light Times, March 2005

Ignorance is the basis of all suffering. Untitled audio, interview presented by US web radio station Beyond the Ordinary, 3 DVD set, 14. December 2004

We make mistakes out of ignorance. And why are we ignorant? Because we were born with the hardware of a computer and no programming, so we’re now at the effect, we’re victims of our own programming. That’s how you can have compassion for all of mankind. You can see that every innocent little bin Laden that was once a happy little baby boy, got programmed by all this crap. [43:13]
So he is now the victim of his own ego, he is the victim of his own fallacious belief system. He’s a victim. So, we don’t feel sorry for him, we don’t make excuses for him. We avoid him. But we also see that despite that degree of negativity the innate innocence is still there. Otherwise you couldn’t program him. You couldn’t train all those little children in Germany to become good Nazis unless their innocent and trusting to begin with. It was their innocence and trust. Sedona Seminar Advaita. The Way to God through Mind, DVD 2 of 3, track 5, minute 42:44-43:56, August 2002

That's why the Buddha said there's only one sin, and that's ignorance. Krishna said the same the same thing, as did Jesus Christ. They also said that if your intention is correct, it doesn't make any difference if you're wrong. 'You will still be my beloved.' [Krishna].' And Jesus Christ stands for the salvation of those who have fallen by the way out of ignorance. Sedona Seminar God Transcendent and Immanent, 3 DVD set, November 2002

Ignorance is a by-product of the ego. Chicago Seminar Title unknown, 10. April 2004

The only sin is ignorance. Sedona Satsang Q&A, 2 CD set, 15. March 2006

Through ignorance a human being sins over and over. Ignorance is the prime defect. What man needs salvation from, in my view, is the incapacity to tell truth from falsehood. You always pick what you think is true. Modern man is in even worse shape than ancient man. His capacity to discern truth is belabored by the media. You go through a constant brainwashing. It’s more and more difficult for man to tell truth from falsehood – relativism in today’s world. Sedona Satsang Q&A, 2 CD set, 10. January 2007

The only sin is ignorance. The ignorance of the awareness of how the Id dominates human endeavors is a big block for humanity. [Paraphrased.] Sedona Seminar Freedom: Morality and Ethics, 3 DVD set, 8. November 2008

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Rise in overall consciousness:

Modern interconnected electronic communication contributes to the inherent rise in overall consciousness.
Note: Both the Internet and mankind calibrate at LoC 205. [Status end 2010]

The consciousness level of mankind [LoC 205] is currently progressing, increasing. It is also because of the Internet [LoC 205] and the highly effective communication. We've such extraordinary means of sharing knowledge. […] Now you touch a switch and millions of people worldwide instantly are aware of it.
It's hard to be stupid in today's world. Really, you've to work hard at it. […] It's a wonderful life now. Anything you don't know you just ask the computer, and the computer tells you. Very impressive. Audio presentation at Celebrate Your Life Conference, sponsored by Mishka Productions, Phoenix, AZ, 6. November 2010 – Map of Consciousness ( 2010), YouTube film, minute 1:13:27, 1:17:30 duration, posted 23. October 2011

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Weder Erkenntnis noch Unwissenheit ist real; was jenseits von beiden liegt, genauso wie jenseits aller Gegensatzpaare, das ist die Wirklichkeit. Sri Ramana Maharshi [BW 720] (1879-1950) indisch-hinduistischer Weiser, Heiliger

Der Kluge lernt aus allem und jedem, der Normale aus seinen Erfahrungen und der Dumme weiß schon alles besser. Sokrates [BW 540] (469-399 v. Chr.) altgriechischer vorchristlicher Philosoph

Du der Schöpfer deiner selbst durch die Gedanken, die du wählst und heraufbeschwörst. Dieser Geist ist der große Weber des inneren Gewandes des Charakters und des äußeren Gewands der Umstände. Und so, wie sie bisher unwissend und voller Leid daran gewoben hast, kannst du jetzt glücklich und erleuchtet daran weben. James Allen [BW 505] (1864–1912) britischer philosophischer Selbsthilfe-Buchautor zu Themen der Persönlichkeitsentwicklung und Motivation, As a Man Thinketh, 1903

Die Majorität der Dummen ist unüberwindbar und für alle Zeiten gesichert. Der Schrecken ihrer Tyrannei ist indessen gemildert durch Mangel an Konsequenz. Albert Einstein [BW 499] (1879-1955) deutschstämmiger US-amerikanischer theoretischer Physiker, Entwickler der Allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie, Physik-Nobelpreisträger

Dumme rennen, Kluge warten, Weise gehen in den Garten. Rabindranath Tagore (BW 475) (1861-1941) indisch-bengalischer Schriftsteller, Philosoph, Maler, Komponist, Musiker, Literatur-Nobelpreisträger, 1913

Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine tätige Unwissenheit. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [BW 465] (1749-1832) deutscher Dichter, Bühnenschriftsteller, Universalgelehrter, Sprüche in Prosa, 1819

Das ist der ganze Jammer, die Dummen sind immer so sicher und die Gescheiten so voller Zweifel. Bertrand Russell [BW 465] (1872-1970) englischer Wissenschaftsphilosoph, Logiker, Mathematiker, Historiker, Sozialreformer, Pazifist, Mitglied der Royal Society, Nobelpreisträger

Die beste Methode, einen Narren von seinem Irrtum zu überzeugen, besteht darin, ihn seine Dummheit ausführen zu lassen. Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) englischer Buchautor, Journalist

Und der ist nicht weise, der sich dünkt, dass er wisse; sondern der ist weise, der seiner Unwissenheit inne geworden und durch die Sache des Dünkels genesen ist. Was im Hirn ist, das ist im Hirn und Existenz ist die erste aller Eigenschaften. Wenn es Dir um Weisheit zu tun ist, so suche sie und nicht das Deine und brich Deinen Willen und erwarte geduldig die Folgen. Matthias Claudius (1740-1815) deutscher Dichter, Journalist, Brief an seinen Sohn Johannes, 1799

Die zehn Illusionen (dysfunktionalen Überzeugungen) der Menschheit
1. Bedürftigkeit
2. Versagen
3. Spaltung
4. Mangel
5. Erfordernisse/Ansprüche
6. Richten/Verurteilen
7. Verdammung
8. Bedingtheit
9. Überlegenheit
10. Unwissenheit

Neale Donald Walsch (*1943) US-amerikanischer Autor religiös-spiritueller Bücher, universalistisch-panentheistischer geprägter spiritueller Lehrer (Bestseller-Trilogie Gespräche mit Gott), Gemeinschaft mit Gott

Der Mangel an Urteilskraft ist eigentlich das, was man Dummheit nennt, und einem solchen Gebrechen ist gar nicht abzuhelfen. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) deutscher Philosoph der Aufklärung

Der Umgang mit Unwissenden ist kein Umgang und verschafft auch ihnen kein Vergnügen. Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773) britischer Staatsmann, Schriftsteller

Es ist ein Unglück, dass in der Welt mehr Dummheit ist, als Schlechtigkeit braucht, und mehr Schlechtigkeit als die Dummheit bewirkt. Karl Kraus (1874-1936) österreichischer Schriftsteller, Journalist, Satiriker, Aphorist, Bühnenschriftsteller, Dichter

Auf jede Frage eine Antwort wissen nur Dummköpfe. John Steinbeck (1902-1968) US-amerikanischer Romanschriftsteller, Journalist, Kriegsberichterstatter, Pulitzer-Preis-Träger, 1940, Nobelpreisträger für Literatur, 1962

Die Dummheit besteht darin, zu einem Ende kommen zu wollen. Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) französischer Schriftsteller, Romancier

Unsichtbar wird die Dummheit, wenn sie genügend große Ausmaße angenommen hat. Bertholt Brecht (1898-1956) einflussreicher deutscher Bühnenschriftsteller, Lyriker, Dramatiker, Theaterdirektor

[...] denn die Dummheit ist der Mantel aller Macht. Konstantin Wecker (*1947) deutscher Musiker, Liedermacher, Komponist, Schauspieler, Autor, Liedzeile

Die Dummheit ist die sonderbarste aller Krankheiten. Der Kranke leidet niemals unter ihr. Aber die anderen leiden. [[wp:Paul-Henri_Spaak|Paul-Henri Spaak (1899-1972) belgischer sozialistischer Politiker, Staatsmann

Wer die Dummköpfe gegen sich hat, verdient Vertrauen. Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) französischer Romancier, Dramatiker, Philosoph, Publizist, Literaturkritiker

Auch wird man einsehn, dass Dummköpfen und Narren gegenüber, es nur einen Weg gibt, seinen Verstand an den Tag zu legen, und der ist, dass man mit ihnen nicht redet. Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) deutscher Philosoph, Hochschullehrer, Autor, Aphorismen zur Lebensweisheit

Der Gescheitere gibt nach! Ein unsterbliches Wort. Es begründete die Weltherrschaft der Dummheit. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830-1916) österreichische Schriftstellerin, Aphoristikerin

Eine gescheite Frau hat viele natürliche Feinde – alle dummen Männer! Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830-1916) österreichische Schriftstellerin, Aphoristikerin

Dumm ist der, der Dummes tut! Forrest Gump (Film), Filmzeile des Helden des gleichnamigen Films

Dummheit und Stolz wachsen auf einem Holz! Deutsches Sprichwort

Weise verfallen in Unwissenheit, wenn sie mit Unwissenden streiten. Unbekannt

Halt Du sie dumm, ich mach' sie arm. Spruch des feudalistischen Landesfürsten zum Kleriker über den Umgang mit dem Volk.

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Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you. Never apologize for being correct, or for being years ahead of your time. If you’re right and you know it, speak your mind. Speak your mind. Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is still the truth. Mohandas Karamchand Mahatma Gandhi [LoC 760] (1869-1948) Indian Hindu sage, spiritual activist leader, humanitarian, lawyer, nonviolent freedom fighter

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid. Albert Einstein [LoC 499] (1879-1955) German-born US American theoretical physicist, developer of the theory of general relativity, Nobel laureate in physics

All human misery is a result of ignorance, and nothing but knowledge can free us from this ignorance and its effect. Ernest Holmes [LoC 485] (1887-1960) US American writer, spiritual teacher, founder Religious Science, a part of the greater New Thought movement

When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent. Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) Russian-born US American professor of biochemistry, Boston University, author of popular science and science fiction books

The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly. Richard Bach (*1936) US American writer, Illusions

They (men) would sooner die than think. It is very curious that the universality of an opinion should have so much weight with people, as their own experience might tell them that its acceptance is an entirely thoughtless and merely imitative process. But it tells them nothing of the kind, because they possess no self-knowledge whatever. Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) German philosopher, faculty member, author, How to Argue Logically

We are all ignorant only about different things. Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910) US American author, humorist

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910) US American author, humorist

It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block. Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) French painter, printmaker, sculptor

The identity or nature of human evil is found in the origin of hurtful behaviors. That origin is misguided instinct (ignorance) and fear. Even when we lack courage or knowledge, we are still being guided by our simple instinct to benefit ourselves. No matter how brutal and terrifying our capacity to destroy one another, we are all just little children trying to find some goodness in our little lives. In all of our moral choosing there is the constant expression of this natural instinct to benefit ourselves and a corresponding instinctual simplicity of innocence that dwells in all humanity. In this Socratic perspective, human fear and ignorance make up the nature of human evil. What is the face of this human evil? Is it the face of a monster? Is it the face of the Devil? No, the face of human evil is the face of every lost and frightened child. It is the face of innocence under stress. Max Maxwell, A Socratic Perspective on The Nature of Human Evil, Socraticmethod.net, 2008

Socrates maintained that people are never motivated to bring harm to themselves. Since Socrates believed that wrongdoing always harmed the wrongdoer, he saw all wrongdoing as a mistake in judgment or an expression of ignorance. This is especially true in cases where a life full of wrongdoing never physically harms the wrongdoer. Socrates believed that the most pitiable of humans were those who lived under the delusion that their wrongdoing benefited them. According to Socrates, the successful tyrant who is able to do great wrong for many years without ever being held accountable, was the most terribly harmed of all human beings. Socrates believed that doing injustice made us less just and diminished our character. For Socrates, harm to character, or the soul, is the greatest harm of all. Since Socrates believed that all wrongdoing harmed the wrongdoer, he believed that all people never choose to harm themselves and thus never choose to do wrong. When we see people knowingly doing wrong to others, they are not cognizant of the harm that their wrongdoing brings upon themselves. So it is that even the most flagrant examples of willful human wrongdoing, which may seem to contradict Socrates’ belief, actually confirm Socrates belief by being examples of our instinct to benefit ourselves misguided by ignorance. If all wrongdoing harms the wrongdoer and all people make decisions only to benefit themselves, then all people commit wrongdoing through ignorance and not through a will to do wrong. Max Maxwell, A Socratic Perspective on The Nature of Human Evil, Socraticmethod.net, 2008

Socratic perspective, the origin of behaviors we consider to be evil or wrong is found in fear and ignorance. Max Maxwell, A Socratic Perspective on The Nature of Human Evil, Socraticmethod.net, 2008

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