‘Knowledge is power’. Yes it is, it makes you more informative and solves humanities ever increasing problems by finding solutions, But it can be destructive e.g Bhopal gas tragedy; Chernobyl nuclear tragedy; atomic holocaust in Nagasaki and Hiroshima, weapons of mass destruction in world wars and wars in Middle East; excessive use of chemical fertilizers and its ill effects so on and so forth. But it takes away the innocence of man. You need to be innocent like a dove to enter the Garden of Bliss, Simply put, it means that when your conscious has been aroused and awareness has been dawned like a morning break of light, along with it the whole cosmos is lit, the entire humanity gets awaken so also the animal kingdom. There is chattering around with noise, pollution and sound and the silence is lost. The monkey mind gets aroused. So also all the internal human organs and system becomes active. The sublimity is lost and evaporates. The ego and ‘I’ness raises its hood. The pride and arrogance in man is ready to strike with its poisonous fangs. The sexual impulse becomes over active, slowly and gradually the dinosaurs in the human mind and in his self become alive and the human ingenuity is ready for self destruction.
When you approach a Guru for tranquility, peace, solace and spiritual growth, the first lesson given to you is to empty yourself and reach nothingness. The ‘La illaha’ of Islamic credo, ‘There is nothing other than Allah’ becomes obvious, Allah is all and everything, you are nothing but a big zero.
Prophet Mohammad (saw) knew everything, he had been given Alpha and Omega of knowledge yet he declared that he is an unlettered Prophet. This is innocence. You are like an empty shell on the shore of knowledge. You are nothing and the supposed information you have collected is nothing but pride which you have filled yourself with. Hence pride, arrogance and ego is considered as Satan.
Though you need to acquire education to fulfill your daily needs by a gainful occupation, yet when you reach home after the work is done, you need to put off the switch which opens the door to your acquired knowledge in your mind. You need to live in your space with innocence, when you lay your head on your pillow you should be in a state of ignorance and innocence to enter the stage of bliss and ecstasy.
Your spiritual health is in putting off everything you know. You should be in a stage of sublimity only then humility dawns on you. Satan, the ego and pride and arrogance is ever ready to strike with its poisonous fangs. Beware! Your so called knowledge is dangerous. Leave it aside and humble yourself before the ETERNAL LORD OF MERCY to enter the Garden of Grace, Beauty and Peace.
Your primordial Father Adam and Mother Eve on instigation from Satan ate the fruit of knowledge and lo they lost their innocence and so also the Garden of Bliss, Knowledge destroys as it takes away the innocence. Innocence is therefore BLISS.