DISCOURSES & TALKS BY MEHER BABA

WORLDLY KNOWLEDGE & GOD KNOWLEDGE

5th October, 1922

Ghani asked, "Didn't you tell me that the worldly knowledge, education and cleverness of a person before realizing God remains the same after Realization?"

Baba clarified the point:

What I had told you is quite correct. There are two kinds of knowledge: (1) the worldly knowledge or the knowledge relating to the material world, and (2) the divine knowledge which is acquired after becoming one with God. A person having become one with God — when dealing with matters relating to this material world — his actions and words thereafter reflect the divinity in him. Hence the utterances and actions of such a person are invested with a sort of secrecy and grandeur about them. But this is usually lost sight of by worldly people. For example, a ruby in the hands of a rustic will not be really appreciated by him; but the same piece of stone will be treasured in the hands of a jeweler who knows its worth.

The person who has become one with God is able to make the best use of his worldly knowledge on the strength of his divine knowledge which, however, is not drawn upon in the least. Hence, the difference between the utterances and actions of the ordinary human being and the perfected divine personalities is vast.

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