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Akshat Says Knowledge And Power Must Go Hand-In-Hand

    • Akshat Kasana,
    • Standard: XI-A,
    • APEEJAY SCHOOL NOIDA NOIDA,
    • Delhi.

    • Publish Date: Aug 23 2016 4:13PM
      • |
    • Updated Date: Aug 25 2016 12:14PM
Akshat Says Knowledge And Power Must Go Hand-In-Hand

Power without knowledge and knowledge without power are paradoxical. Now please just let that sink in. Stop for a moment and just think about that. Think. Now what is power?

Power is the ability to bring about a change. It refers to the capacity to affect and manipulate a situation. Simply, it is the ability to act for something you want. If you want to make something happen and can make it happen, then you have the power.

Now let's come to what is knowledge?  We “know” what knowledge is. Or do we? It is funny that some of the words we use daily are difficult to explain. In a way I could say that I didn’t have the full knowledge to explain what knowledge is. I would say, knowing and understanding anything is knowledge.

Now cay anyone tell me what knowledge is called in Hindi? It is called ज्ञान {gyaan}. Now ‘gyaan’ is a Sanskrit word. In the Manu-Smiriti, gyaan is used as knowledge and is still used that way. Now the real interesting thing is that, ‘gyaan’ is also the name of ‘shakti’ or in English power!!

Strange, how in Hindi, power and knowledge are considered the same thing. But actually they are not. See, you can have all the knowledge in the universe but if you don’t have the capacity to use/implement it then what!! And if u have the ability to act but have no idea what to do, then what!!

Here's an example. A cheetah has the knowledge about how to hunt a deer. (Waiting, stalking, chasing it at 100km/h, striking it at the right moment, biting at the right spot, etc.) It also has the power to do it. (Lean and streamlined body, long legs, light bones, powerful muscles, etc.) Now humans, we actually have all the knowledge to hunt a deer. (Setting traps, using weapons, working together with other humans, etc.)

We also have the knowledge to hunt a deer in the same way as the cheetah!! But we do not have the power to do it the way the cheetah does it. So does that knowledge of how to hunt a deer in a cheetah’s way should be considered of real importance? No. Except if we want to make a robot that can do it the cheetah’s way. See, we lack the power of using a cheetah’s knowledge. But some day we might be able to use the cheetah’s knowledge when we have a robot.

When we have an exo-suit to enhance physical strength. When we have the power. But the ultimate joke is that power and knowledge are relative terms. What humans consider knowledge might not be knowledge at all for a cheetah. And what cheetahs consider knowledge might not be knowledge for a killer whale. And the same goes for power as well. Now let’s go back in time…… Primitive and simple living organisms got their knowledge through experience. Like, if they did something and it was helpful for their survival they remembered it and used it again. Thus in a way they just let the conditions and the circumstances provide them knowledge. They let the conditions feed them knowledge.

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INSHIRAH SARASWATI VIDYALAYA(DARYAGANJ)

knowledge is power its true it is capable to change a beggar into a king for me knowledge is wisdom Knowledge is a very powerful factor which helps us to easily get name, fame, success, power and position in the life. We can say that money and physical strength are also important tools of power however both of them are not so powerful like knowledge. Money and physical strength cannot buy or steal the knowledge it can only be achieved by the continuous practice, devotion, and patience.

Om Badiyani Sandipani

Knowledge and power are two such twins, when come together, can do anything. Having only one of these does not work. To do a task we need to collide these two powers.

B.PRISCILLA ZION MATRICULATION HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL SEMBAKK

yeah knowledge is power it is true . no one can do anything against our will or against our knowledge this is correct .

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