Acharya Prashant explains that all of the knowledge man has gathered in various fields is related to man's desire. Man does not try to gain knowledge in fields that have absolutely no connection with his fundamental desires. When man desires and does not get what he wants, he says, "Let me gather knowledge and use it as a tool in order to solve the problem of the desire remaining incomplete." This is why knowledge very quickly turns into technology, so that it can be used by man to fulfill desires. Knowledge generation requires effort, time, endeavor, and funds. Great laboratories throughout the world are driven by funding. We do not want knowledge in just any direction or dimension; we fund research in those fields that appear useful to us. This is the relation between knowledge and desire. When you face problems, you have desire, and when you have desire, you face problems, and then you want knowledge. But what will happen to your tendency to gain knowledge when the fundamental problem itself, which is desire, is getting dissolved? The one who feels that his destination is far away wants knowledge about roads, vehicles, terrains, people, and guides. A lot of knowledge is needed because your destination is far away. But for the one who has reached the destination, how much knowledge does he need, and for what? We must know the very root of knowledge, why man finds knowledge important, and we must know both the usefulness and the limitations of knowledge. As long as you are taking yourself as lost and stranded, you need knowledge. When you are someone whose fundamental desire has been quenched, then knowledge is no more that appealing. To you, knowledge would be like a hobby, something you have a good time with but not something that you would die without. To the desirous man, knowledge is what water is to a thirsty man. To a fulfilled man, knowledge is what a hobby is to a relaxed, fulfilled man. The liberated man can be known by the right value that he accords to knowledge. He is neither averse to knowledge nor is he crazy after it; he has the right place for knowledge. He is not a knowledge bug. Most of what we call knowledge is actually trivia, because it is of no fundamental use. Trivia is knowledge that you do not need. Information that you healthily need is knowledge, and information that you need because you are sick is trivia. Worse still, most of our knowledge is being used to perform a function that knowledge can never perform. For example, you are thinking that knowledge can give you peace. The fellow has no love in life, is so joyless, but he has loads of knowledge. He will continue to be joyless because he is trying to use knowledge as a substitute for joy. Knowledge is useful in daily matters, but it cannot deliver Truth to you. Knowledge cannot be an equivalent of surrender or realization.