Knowledge
Q: Why do you sit around doing nothing all day when there is so much to experience in life and unlimited knowledge to discover and enjoy?
A: You are correct when you say that knowledge is unlimited. If you are attached to knowledge you will be on a roller coaster that you can never get off. By sitting around "doing nothing" one can assimilate and digest the knowledge one already has. One can make knowledge real by realizing the unity of knowledge, thereby gaining an understanding of all experience.
The fool experiences one thing after another, and each experience seems new to him. He is ignorant of the fact that he is continually repeating the same experience and is going around in circles. Foolish philosophers perpetually formulate "new" ideas and systems of thought, which are as old as philosophy itself. Scientists and theologians persist in their belief that their work is bringing them ever closer to the Truth; and will continue to believe this for evermore.
These foolish intellectuals need to be shown things; they do not have the courage to look for themselves. Science fosters cowardice, but inwardness is the domain of the brave, and requires a courageous eye.
The wise know everything. How could someone inside the temple be ignorant of what goes on outside?