Written by Mathew Naismith
Is wisdom & knowledge one of the same or are they quite
different? The link below I found to be a very good source of info answering
this & many others questions about wisdom & knowledge. Is knowledge needed to gain wisdom or can wisdom
be gained in other ways? This is a difficult question because knowledge is of
time & wisdom isn’t as the link below explains further.
Extract: “Where is the wisdom we have lost in
knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?” - T. S. Eliot.
Knowledge is gathered from learning and education while most say that wisdom is
gathered from day to day experiences and is a state of being wise. Knowledge is
merely having clarity of facts and truths while wisdom is the practical ability
to make consistently good decisions in life.
In the comparison chart I found it interesting finding timelessness
& experience under wisdom. Under knowledge it sounds awfully like control
where’s under wisdom it sounds like it’s releasing control, spirituality is
about releasing control not enforcing it I believe. What dominates our reality
at present? Time & knowledge & as long as these stay prominently dominant
we will probably never find peace collectively however at the individual level
we can.
We should remind ourselves if we are spiritually aware that the
reasoning process of a knowledgeable person can & should be somewhat different
to a wise &/or a spiritually aware person. It would seem knowledgeable
people will dominate through control where’s spiritually aware people are of
releasing control. Knowledgeable people are of time where’s spiritually aware
people aren’t. Can we mix the two together?
Not usually successfully, the dominance of knowledge & time will
always try to control so it’s always a battle. Is this why so many of us have such a battle
while becoming spiritually aware? It would certainly seem that way to me.
Meditating, praying, chanting singing can give us a disconnection
from time & knowledge thus control, no wonder we feel so much better while
conducting in such spiritual practices!!
This post, believe it or not, was inspired by a confrontation
on a spiritual site dominated by people who are quite knowledgeable & very controlling.
The confrontation was brought about my post titled A Wise Man Wise, because
some people couldn’t get the gist of the story they quite destructively criticized
it. The difference between people who didn’t get the gist of the story was
quite amazing, some people were quite obviously constructive within their criticism
& advice but others where more aggressive. The continues use of high caps
was obvious; it’s a form of yelling & yes control. What do we do when our
kids are out of control & how do some of us take control back? We yell!!
So what is this saying about this post being inspired by unbecoming
behaviour? It’s saying goods things can always come from unbecoming experiences,
it’s a part of becoming aware for all of us. Experience can bring forth our wisdom from
within!!
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