Does pursuing knowledge reflect materialistic consciousness – will it keep us dissatisfied?
You are asking that if we pursue knowledge and want more and more knowledge is that materialistic consciousness? will that always lead to dissatisfaction? see the problem is sometimes people think that dissatisfaction is necessary for ambition if I become satisfied there will be no ambition in my life it's not necessarily like that there can be ambition that is motivated by dissatisfaction and there can be ambition that is motivated by the desire for making a contribution I am happy now but I have certain talents, I have certain interests and I would like to make a contribution my sense of self identity and self worth does not depend on whether the world recognizes my contribution I am satisfied right now but I have been given certain gifts and I want to make a contribution so it is not that to be spiritual means that we have to be materially unambitious the problem is not either progressing in the material field whether in terms of money or in terms of knowledge or in terms of position the problem is thinking that these things alone will make us happy so wealth is a means for living but in materialism wealth becomes the purpose for living then that doesn't lead to satisfaction certainly if we have an intellectual side we naturally want to learn more, we want to explore more, research more that's natural that's desirable as long as we don't neglect our spiritual side if that search for spiritual knowledge is founded in spiritual self understanding then there will be both satisfaction with where we are right now and contribution so that we can do more does it answer your question? any other questions? yes please.