The statement suggests that true knowledge isn't something you gain from external sources, but rather a state that emerges when the veil of ignorance is lifted. On the surface, it implies that learning facts or acquiring information is secondary to dispelling what you don't know.

Within the Advaita Vedanta tradition, particularly as expounded by Ramana Maharshi, this quote points directly to the nature of the Self (Atman). Ignorance (avidya) is not merely a lack of information but the fundamental misapprehension of your true nature as the unchanging, blissful Self, mistaking it for the transient ego or the physical body. True knowledge, therefore, is not the accumulation of intellectual understanding but the direct, intuitive realization of the Self. This realization is achieved through practices like Self-enquiry ('Who am I?'), which systematically dismantles the false identifications that constitute ignorance. The goal is not to *know* the Self as an object, but to *be* the Self, which is already the case, obscured only by avidya. The absence of ignorance is the presence of Self-knowledge.

In your life: Instead of striving to learn more about yourself or the world to find happiness, practice observing the thoughts and beliefs that create a sense of separation or lack, and gently let them go.