Ignorance is bliss
¡®A heart that follows the path of ignorance does infinitely greater harm to man than his most hateful and vicious enemy. ... Ignorance in an individual may be bliss, but ignorance in society is not. ... If one tries to remember the days when one had no cares or anxieties and spent the majority of the day awaiting their next breast-feeding, it is actually difficult to capture these memories although they must have been ¡®bliss¡¯; hence the common expression, ¡® I wish I was a kid again, that way I wouldn¡¯t have to worry about anything. ... This surely indicates that true ¡®bliss¡¯ must lie elsewhere. ... Although Forest is essentially happy in his ignorance, the ramifications for his loved ones directly affect him. ... Forest¡¯s story clearly highlights Buddha¡¯s quote on ignorance. Throughout history tragedies have occurred due to slight errors caused by a group¡¯s or individual¡¯s ignorance. For example the Second World War was a result of one man¡¯s ignorance.