When we read it, it confuses us how come ignorance is bliss when we all run after knowledge every time. What ignorance is exactly ,Ignorance means just to ignore the things , problems and everything around us which gives us pain. Being Ignorant does not mean we are unaware and outdated with the present world but it means we are ignored with all the kinds of worldly talks , we are happy and content with in ourselves, We are ignored from all the kinds of comparison & competitions. We are content with what we have received. In order to being ignorant we need to loose our wisdom of I am someone. Because this is the knowledge we have received from the world since we are born.
Knowledge has always made us more egoistic , higher the knowledge , more difficult for us to keep our window open to learn because we feel that we know everything. When we feel ignorant we always feel there is scope to learn, we always have the attitude that I do not know this, we have good listening skills that time . We are more humble when we are ignorant and when we are humble it means we have deep knowledge . When we have internal knowledge then we can be ignorant and when we only have external knowledge, its one more Step to add up into our ego.
An example which I truly Admire -
One day three students went to learn harmonium from a teacher . When they asked for the fee to learn the same , Teacher asked your fee depends on how much you already know.
The first student said i know it, I am quite good while playing , I am here just for more practice , Teacher said your fee is $100, now second student comes , he says I know how its being played but I am not so good at this, want to learn better , Teacher said your fee is $ 50 , now third student comes He says, Sir i do not know at all , I am learning it for the first time , Teacher says your fee is $ 10 . All the students baffled while hearing the fees and they asked why such variation and its higher for the one who knows it already and lesser for the one who is total novice at this .Teacher replied - the one who does not know it at all, I have to make him learn from beginning, he does not have his own knowledge about it , he will listen me carefully without using his own mind and will believe what I am saying is correct , so he will take my less time and efforts and the one who knows it completely will always doubt at my capabilities and will always go with his own tune , will take my more efforts and time , so the fee is just for forgetting what you already know .
"When we forget what we know then only we can further know hence ignorance is bliss and knowledge is just good."