Yes—and in fact, they are the most ready for it.
The truly ignorant person is not the fool; he is innocent. He knows that he does not know, and that simple recognition places him at the very doorstep of wisdom. He has nothing to protect, no ego built around knowledge, no attachment to being “right.” This humility opens the heart to inquiry. The learned, on the other hand, often become blind in their knowledge. They believe they know—and in that belief, they close the door to further understanding. They are full of conclusions, full of answers, full of borrowed truths. And when you’re full, there’s no space left to receive anything new. But the one who knows he knows nothing—he can truly begin to search. His inquiry is alive, not bound by doctrine or belief. He doesn’t ask questions from within the framework of Christianity or Hinduism or any system. He simply asks—from his heart, from his being. His questions don’t come from secondhand knowledge, but from an urgent, personal need to understand. For him, the search is not intellectual curiosity—it’s existential. It’s a matter of life and death. He questions not for debate, but because he longs to know. And this kind of inquiry is pure. It is free. It is powerful.
So no, meditation is not only for the learned or the so-called wise. In fact, it is often the one who knows nothing—who admits they know nothing—who is most ready to discover everything.