The Path of a Seeker of Knowledge
By Odin Nightowl
Everyone has a path in life even if they don’t know they do.
Some of us strive to be stronger, some smarter, and some simply a better
understanding of the world around us. A seeker of knowledge is the path I walk.
A seeker of knowledge is simply someone who wants to know the Who, Where, What,
When, Why, and How of everything. Gathering knowledge leads to a better
understanding of the world. There is no end to learning. Once the seeker has
gained sufficient knowledge, they will make wondrous teachers. “The passing of
knowledge has been a tradition and natural instinct since the beginning of
time. From simple acts of a mother animal teaching her young to survive in the
wild to a professor, mentor, or shaman passing their knowledge, wisdom, and
abilities onto a younger generation of individuals.” These things include
secrets of the universe, the great arts, mathematics, etc. All the way down to
simple information about herbs and basic healing.
The path I walk is constantly changing. Old knowledge is
reclaimed, while new knowledge is constantly found and created. Seekers must be
willing to ask the hard questions by delving into places that most wouldn’t
venture. Once knowledge is gained, it can then be passed along to the next
generation, thus ensuring the knowledge will not be forgotten. Knowledge,
unlike many things, never dies, it is just lost in time and what most call
development, waiting for the time it will need to be called on again. It is the
task of the seeker to help preserve that knowledge, because a world without
knowledge that is preserved and passed along is doomed to failure. The world
isn’t just black and white. “The seeker must delve into the grey area, where
knowledge in its purest form resides.” The ease of access to information has
greatly changed since the olden days. Back when your circle of knowledge would
generally encompass an area of fifty miles or so depending on your form of
travel. Now with just a click of a mouse you have access to limitless
information, but with that there lies many problems. Thus it is placed upon the
shoulders of the seeker to search thru the mass of intelligence and filter out
the falsehoods, biases, and half truths to see what is true.
The world has become lazy and ignorant causing truth,
history, and knowledge to become clouded, forgotten, and simply misconstrued,
thus the need for more seekers. To be a seeker is simple, when there is
something you don’t understand, ask someone. Things you can ask include, “How
does that work? Why is that? Can you describe that in more detail? Etc” Simple
thing knowledge, it is so easily obtained, yet in the end it is the most
powerful thing a person can have.
To summarize this, the seeker must be open to all sources of
possible knowledge. Once the information is obtained, sort it between
falsehoods, truths, and biases. Once all that has been conducted, all that is
left is raw information, which should be recorded and passed along to a farther
generation. Seekers can’t be biased, seeing as knowledge is for everyone, and
should be shared freely. But when knowledge and information becomes clouded and
distorted it takes the seekers to clear that up for themselves. This is the
path of a seeker of knowledge. I encourage everyone who wants to know
everything there is to know about the world, our Mother Goddess/Gaea, the
universe, to never give up and always question everything. In the end,
knowledge will help you become more attuned with the Goddess and Her divine
wishes and guidance.
Merry Meet and Blessed Be. May the Light of the Goddess
guide and protect you in your pursuits and through good times and bad.
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