Is ignorance really bliss?

Question

What makes it 'bliss'?

Answer 1

Ignorance can be considered bliss but it doesn't necessarily lasts too long. It's bliss because it prevents you from worrying. It makes you unaware of all the problems reality has and so it does not instill fear into your mind. You don't know life, you don't know fear.

Bliss being free of human externities that make it hinder you from living in a fantasy you created.

But ignorance isn't bliss completely. Just because you ignore something, doesn't mean it goes away from your line of sight/area of information. Sooner or later you'll know about it and then what happens? You worry about it much more than before. It should be 'Limited Bliss' not just bliss.

Answer 2

Good question, sometimes ignorance is bliss.

Consider the Jesus freaks, evangelicals and other deeply religious folks, all have reverted to that primitive limbic systems of our brains, the place where our deepest emotions reside. The 'born-again' Christian phenomena has a scientific basis. When people are in deep despair, near death, nearly starved, or other highly emotional states, the 'religious experience' is triggered. Hormones, dopamine receptors and other chemical reactions take place...all good for the body. They help to fight diseases, etc. It was a survival mechanism our bodies have devloped since the days of our primitive ancestors.

Those that know the truth however, ie Objective Reality, are not allowing themselves the body's defensive mechanizm that has evolved over time. The closest they (we) can come is to believe in the 'power of positive thinking' which is the closest to religion (use of the limbic system of our brains) that we atheists can get.

I've chosen Objective Reality, even knowing that a delusional worldview could be beneficial to my health and body....go figure.

Answer 3

Bliss = Following your dreams with Passion..

Ignorance =

Answer 4

how can you worry about something if you don't even know about it? For example, you don't know that your boyfriend's cheating on you. So since, you ignore it, it's "bliss". You don't care. But once you hear about it, you get all worried. So it's no longer "bliss". So it's called "bliss" because you have no idea about it.

Answer 5

No, it is an illusory bliss... the reality doesn't change by our ignoring it. Ignorance on the contrary can be a curse because it could mean loss of opportunity to redress or rectify or repair a damaging reality.

Answer 6

Never! - Bliss means being happy - why would u be happy if something was going on the you 'should' know about but didn't!? x

Answer 7

Ask our journalists and government. We are blind to the wars in other countries (including our own war). Are we bliss about them? No, we're just ignorant. Good luck.

Answer 8

Oblivion to any reality!
"All life is suffering." - Buddha
Ignore-ance is the act of denial toward all which is undesirable, thus the only thing one succumbs to is their own self-indulged bliss!

Answer 9

If you don't know - you don't care.

You know I've got this theory that thickies make good business people because they don't understand things like tax, quality control, accountancy. So, whereas someone intelligent will weigh up all the pros and cons and probably end up doing nothing, the thickies will just go for it because they don't understand the pitfalls.

Answer 10

no i dont think so you will always catch it even in ur dreams if ur ignorance.

find ur heart and master virtue is my bliss