The Power Is
Knowledge
Desire for power is
inherent in man. He is born and dies with it. The new born baby assert his
power by a shrill cry. The dying man exercise it by willing a way his property.
This craving for power assumes different shapes with different men. Some want
it in the form of rank, some in the shape of authority, some in rich and other
in liberty to do as they like. This desire for power seems quite in keeping
with the biblical origin of man, which says that man was given after his
creation “dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and
over the cattle and over all creatures on the earth.” What wonder is a man
endowed with this sense of authority by God would crave for it throughout his
life?
The
history of the world, so far as man is concerned, is a history of the struggle
for power, behind the vendetta of the savage the blood feuds of the primitive
tribes and the wars of civilized men, there is present one and only one
idea-the assertion of power.
This
power for which man stakes so much is of two kinds, physical and mental. The
power of sinews and muscles (either of and individual or of a combination of
individuals) is physical; the power which is generated in the mind is mental
power. When a strong athlete throws down his opponent or when an army ravages a
country we at once understand what is physical power. But when a man commands
my love and respect, when he rules and controls the destiny of a nation without
the help of physical force, we at once feel what is mental power. Gamma’s
wrestling with the champion of the other part of the world is an exhibition of
physical strength. Mr. Gandhi stirring to it’s very depths the soul of India by
fasting in a lonely prison house, is an example of mental strength. Before the
down of civilization, primitive men mainly understood one kinds of power and
that was physical. Strength of arms decided things and right was might.
Physical strength was the standard of all so called moral judgements. A better
state of things came when the principle an eye for an eye, a tooth for a
tooth.” Was abandoned for trials by ordeal. Gradually as civilization advanced,
the mind of man developed. The power of mind came to be recognized as of
superior order.
This
power of mind, which is engendered by an accumulation of more and more
knowledge, has achieved marvels in the world. All the great discoveries and inventation
on which modern life is based are but acquisitions of knowledge.
The
inventation of gun powder which has enabled civilized nation to countries and
establish large empires, the conquest over the forces of nature and harnessing
those forces to man’s use the breaking down of barriers between man and man and
the conquest realization of the affinity of man all over the world, the
development of art, science and civilization, all these facts ultimately depend
upon mental power.
Nature
has yielded her mysteries to this power and God has revealed Himself to man
through knowledge. It has given him physical power and spiritual strength at
one and the same time.
A
few illustration of the power of knowledge will suffice. The building of a hut
was regarded as an achievement by the primitive man, the construction of a
sky-scraper is now within the easy reach of the modern man. The uncivilized man
thrice worshipped his deity before he could go a few hundred yards in his rude
canoe, the man of to-day is daily crossing the ocean with wonder at the
“speaking chip” which carried the thought of one man to another a few miles
away. The man of to-day is transmitting message across continents without any
‘chip’ or visible medium.
Not
only over physical nature, but also over the animal kingdom, a man has asserted
his power. We know more of the ways of the tiger, the lion and insect than were
known to our ancestors. We have also penetrated into the heart of man and
learnt to read his thoughts. In a word, what was once thought impossible or
miraculous is now an easy thing and what to-day is a mystery will be an open
truth within the course of a few hundred years.
Man
has thus gained immensely in mental strength. His art and literature, his
philosophy and religion, his laws ad institutions all reveal the power of
knowledge. Behind our admiration for poets, philosophers and scientist lies our
tribute to the power of knowledge. We respect and adore them because we
feelthat they are more blessed with knowledge than the average man.
Hero-worship is but worship of knowledge. We are told in the Northern Sagas
that Wotan gave one of his eyes to the giant Mimir for a draught from the
fountain of knowledge. The men of to-day are sacrificing even their lives for
such a thing. They are martyrs to knowledge, the wonderful power of which has
achieved marvels for men in the physical world.
But
great as is the power of knowledge we should not use this power gain mere
material advantages. That would be worshipping the false god. That will fill us
with pride and take away real blessings. Hence, is the necessity of using
knowledge for higher ends-for knowing ourselves and our Maker. We must try to
transmute knowledge into wisdom, for :
Knowledge is proud that he has
learned so much
Wisdom is humble that he knows no
more
It
is only when we have realized this, that we get desire to follow knowledge like
a sinking star beyond the utmost bound of human thought and we shall then
realize the truth of the prophet Ayyub’s sorrow that spiritual strength is
after all the true strength.
So
we see that knowledge gives us not only power over the physical universe, but
also over mind. Hence it should be the aim of our life to increase this mental
power by the help of knowledge. The rank of a man should be determined not
according to his wealth or position or strength of muscles, but according to
the degree of knowledge he has got. It is only when mankind has realized this,
that the world will be controlled and ruled by the power of mind or knowledge
and not by physical force. We shall then feel that knowledge is power.
TRANSLATION
KEKUATAN PENGETAHUAN
Keinginan
untuk kekuasaan yang melekat dalam diri manusia. Ia lahir dan mati dengan itu.
Bayi yang baru lahir menegaskan itu dengan menangis melengking. Orang sekarat
latihan dengan cara bersedia miliknya. Ini keinginan untuk daya mengasumsikan
bentuk yang berbeda dengan laki-laki yang berbeda. Beberapa menginginkannya
dalam bentuk pangkat, sebagian dalam bentuk otoritas, beberapa kaya dan lainnya
dalam kebebasan untuk melakukan apa yang mereka suka. Keinginan untuk kekuasaan
tampaknya cukup sesuai dengan asal alkitabiah manusia, yang mengatakan bahwa
manusia diberikan setelah ciptaan-Nya, Äúdominion atas ikan di laut, dan atas
unggas di udara, dan atas ternak dan atas semua makhluk di bumi, bagaimana
manusia diberkahi dengan rasa otoritas oleh Allah akan mendambakan untuk itu
sepanjang hidupnya?.
Sejarah
dunia, sejauh manusia yang bersangkutan, adalah sejarah perebutan kekuasaan, di
balik dendam dari pertikaian buas darah suku primitif dan perang manusia
beradab, ada satu yang hadir dan hanya satu ide -pernyataan kekuasaan.
Kekuatan
ini yang taruhannya manusia begitu banyak adalah dari dua jenis, fisik dan
mental. Kekuatan otot dan otot (baik dari dan individu atau kombinasi dari
individu) adalah fisik, daya yang dihasilkan dalam pikiran adalah kekuatan
mental. Ketika seorang atlet yang kuat melempar lawannya atau ketika tentara
membela suatu negara ,kita dapat memahami apa yang disebut kekuatan fisik. Tapi ketika seorang
memerintah cinta dan hormat, saat ia memerintah dan mengontrol nasib sebuah
bangsa tanpa kekuatan fisik, kita
merasakan kekuatan mental. Gamma,
bergulat dengan juara bagian lain dunia merupakan pameran kekuatan fisik. Tuan
Gandhi menggemparkan pedalaman India
dengan berpuasa menyendiri di rumah penjara , merupakan contoh dari kekuatan mental. Sebelum turun
peradaban, manusia primitif terutama memahami salah satu jenis kekuasaan ,
yaitu kekuatan fisik. Kekuatan senjata
memutuskan benda dan itu sebenarnya
kekuatan. Kekuatan fisik adalah standar dari semua yang disebut
penilaian moral. Sebuah keadaan yang lebih baik dari hal-hal yang datang ketika
prinsip mata ganti mata, gigi ganti gigi., memutuskan cobaan dengan cobaan.
Secara bertahap sebagai peradaban yang
maju, pikiran manusia berkembang. Kekuatan pikiran datang untuk diakui
sebagai tatanan superior.
kekuatan
pikiran ini, yang mana ditimbulkan oleh akumulasi pengetahuan lebih dan lebih,
telah mencapai keajaiban di dunia. Semua penemuan besar dan ciptaan kehidupan modern didasarkan akuisisi pengetahuan saja.
Penciptaan
bubuk senjata yang telah memungkinkan bangsa beradab untuk negara dan membangun
kerajaan yang besar, penaklukan atas kekuatan alam dan memanfaatkan
kekuatan-kekuatan kepada manusia,
menggunakan hambatan antara
manusia dan manusia dan merealisasikan penaklukan afinitas Orang di seluruh
dunia, perkembangan seni, ilmu pengetahuan dan peradaban, semua fakta ini pada
akhirnya tergantung pada kekuatan mental.
Alam
telah menghasilkan misteri ke kekuatan ini dan Allah telah mengungkapkan
diriNya kepada manusia melalui pengetahuan. Ini telah memberi kekuatan fisik
dan kekuatan spiritual pada satu waktu yang sama.
Sebuah
ilustrasi beberapa kekuatan pengetahuan akan cukup. Pembangunan pondok dianggap
sebagai prestasi oleh manusia primitif, pembangunan pencakar langit-sekarang
dalam jangkauan mudah dari manusia modern. Orang beradab tiga kali menyembah
dewa sebelum ia bisa pergi beberapa ratus meter di kano kasar,seseorang setiap
hari menyeberangi lautan dengan ketakjuban akan, perkataan kepingan, yang mana membawa pemikiran dari seseorang
terhadap orang lain beberapa mil jauhnya. Seseorang setiap harinya transmisi pesan melewati benua tanpa
sumbing atau menggunakan perantara.
Tidak
hanya atas alam fisik, tetapi juga atas kerajaan binatang, seorang telah
menegaskan kekuasaannya. Kami tahu lebih banyak dari cara harimau, singa dan
serangga daripada yang diketahui nenek moyang kita. Kami juga telah merambah ke
dalam hati manusia dan belajar membaca pikirannya. Dengan kata lain, apa yang
pernah dianggap mustahil atau ajaib sekarang merupakan hal yang mudah dan hari
ini adalah sebuah misteri akan menjadi kebenaran terbuka dalam perjalanan
beberapa ratus tahun.
Manusia
demikian memperoleh dalam kekuatan
mental. Seni dan sastra, filsafat dan agama, hukum nya lembaga semua
mengungkapkan kekuatan pengetahuan. Di balik kekaguman kami bagi para penyair,
filsuf dan ilmuwan terletak penghormatan kita pada kekuatan pengetahuan. Kami
menghormati dan memuja mereka karena kita merasakannya , mereka lebih diberkati
dengan pengetahuan daripada kebanyakan orang. Pahlawan-ibadah hanyalah
menyembah pengetahuan. Kita diberitahu dalam kisah-kisah Utara yaitu Wotan
memberikan salah satu matanya ke Mimir raksasa untuk rancangan dari air mancur
pengetahuan. Orang-orang dulu mengorbankan
nyawa mereka untuk hal seperti itu. Mereka adalah martir untuk
pengetahuan, kekuatan indah yang telah mencapai keajaiban untuk fisik manusia
di dunia.
Tapi
besar sebagai kekuatan pengetahuan kita tidak harus menggunakan kekuatan ini
untuk mendapatkan keuntungan materi belaka. Itu akan menyembah dewa palsu. Yang
akan mengisi kita dengan bangga dan mengambil berkat yang nyata. Oleh karena
itu, adalah perlunya menggunakan pengetahuan untuk lebih tujuan-untuk
mengetahui diri kita sendiri dan Pencipta kita. Kita harus mencoba untuk
mentransmutasikan pengetahuan menjadi kebijaksanaan, untuk:
Pengetahuan adalah
kebanggaan bahwa telah belajar banyak
Kebijaksanaan
adalah rendah hati bahwa tidak berlebih
Hanya
ketika kita telah menyadari hal ini, yang kita dapatkan keinginan untuk
mengikuti pengetahuan seperti bintang tenggelam di luar paling terikat
pemikiran manusia dan kita kemudian akan menyadari kebenaran Nabi Ayyub, kesedihan bahwa kekuatan spiritual adalah
setelah semua kekuatan sejati .
J adi kita melihat bahwa pengetahuan memberi kita tidak hanya kuasa atas
alam semesta fisik, tetapi juga atas pikiran. Oleh karena itu harus menjadi
tujuan hidup kita ini untuk meningkatkan kekuatan mental dengan bantuan
pengetahuan. Pangkat seorang manusia
ditentukan tidak sesuai dengan kekayaannya atau posisi atau kekuatan
otot, tetapi menurut tingkat pengetahuan yang ia punya. Hal ini hanya ketika
manusia telah menyadari hal ini, bahwa dunia akan dikendalikan dan dikuasai
oleh kekuatan pikiran atau pengetahuan dan bukan oleh kekuatan fisik. Kami
kemudian akan merasa bahwa pengetahuan adalah kekuatan.
COUNCLUTION
Knowledge helps us
make informed decisions. Knowledge is not necessarily gleaned from books in a
classroom. It could come from experience, sometimes it can come from just
watching other people’s lives.
With knowledge ones
potential increases. Sometimes people are hesitant to share information as they
consider that some advantage can be gained through the use or manipulation of
knowledge.
The whole mystery
behind magic was unravelled by science. If it wouldn’t have been for scientific
knowledge we would still be depending on shamans for cures. The more we learn
the more we grow. Knowledge is never wasted. Somehow, someday you will put it
to use. Wisdom grows on the strength of knowledge, so we must spend all our
lives procuring knowledge
DISCUSSION
Definition: Power is
the time rate at which work is done or energy is transferred. In calculus
terms, power is the derivative of work with respect to time.
1. Ability to cause or prevent an action, make
things happen; the discretion to act or not act. Opposite of disability, it
differs from a right in that it has no accompanying duties.
2. Law: (1) An instrument transferring or
vesting legal authorization. (2) The ability conferred on a person by law to
determine and alter (by his or her own will) the rights, duties, liabilities,
and other legal relations, of himself or others.
Power is frequently defined
as the ability to influence the behavior of others with or without resistance.
The term authority is often used for power perceived as legitimate by the
social structure. Power can be seen as evil or unjust, but the exercise of
power is accepted as endemic to humans as social beings. In the corporate
environment, power is often expressed as upward or downward. With downward
power, a company's superior influences subordinates. When a company exerts
upward power, it is the subordinates who influence the decisions of the leader
(Greiner & Schein, 1988).
Definition of
knowledge is:
1. General: Human
faculty resulting from interpreted information; understanding that germinates
from combination of data, information, experience, and individual interpretation.
Variously defined as, "Things that are held to be true in a given context
and that drive us to action if there were no impediments" (Andre
Boudreau). "Capacity to act" (Karl Sweiby). "Justified true
belief that increases an entity's capacity for effective action" (Nonaka
and Takeuchi). "The perception of the agreement or disagreement of two
ideas" (John Locke). In an organizational context, knowledge is the sum of
what is known and resides in the intelligence and the competence of people. In
recent years, knowledge has come to be recognized as a factor of production
(see knowledge capital) in its own right, and distinct from labor.
2. Law: Awareness or understanding of a
circumstance or fact, gained through association or experience.
Knowledge is a familiarity
with someone or something, which can include facts, information,descriptions,
or skills acquired through experience or education. It can refer to the
theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. It can be implicit (as
with practical skill or expertise) or explicit (as with the theoretical
understanding of a subject); it can be more or less formal or systematic
