Written by Mathew Naismith
I think the following link, quite well I thought, shows the difference
between knowledge and wisdom, the link shows a teacher’s and there students response
in exploring the difference between knowledge and wisdom .
This might not seem important to know
but at times it’s handy to know what was written as knowledge and what was written
as wisdom. The reason this is handy is so we don’t misconstrued what is written
in the first place. I feel a lot of old text
in particular has been misconstrued because of the way they were read and deciphered,
were these texts written as knowledge, wisdom or even divine wisdom? This will define how we read these texts to
get a better understanding for ourselves.
Before I go on I think it’s wise if we give a brief dictionary
definition of knowledge and wisdom here as I feel this will assist us in understanding
more the difference between wisdom and knowledge.
Wikipedia
Wisdom is the
ability to think and act using knowledge, experience, understanding, common
sense, and insight.
Knowledge is a
familiarity, awareness or understanding of someone or something, such as facts,
information, descriptions, or skills, which is acquired through experience or
education by perceiving, discovering, or learning.
I believe there is of course another definition that also
needs to be considered here, that is eternal divine wisdom. Because human knowledge
is time based, in other words created through time, human knowledge is limited
to time as indeed so is any wisdom gained from time however divine wisdom isn’t
limited to time, it is timelessness so it has no limitations unlike human
wisdom. There is also something else to
be considered here, I believe a lot of old and new texts and writings are
written from wisdom that isn’t limited by time, in other words it’s of divine
in nature. I think the bible, kabbalah, Mayan text and so on are of this
limitless divine wisdom, the problem is we can mistakenly read this as being of
knowledge only and not of wisdom and certainly not divine wisdom.
Take an atheist for example, they will read the bible, Koran,
Torah and so forth as being of knowledge only and a lot of believers will read
these texts as wisdom but there are others who read these same texts as being
of divine wisdom, a wisdom not limited by time itself. So could anyone pick up these texts and just
read them as being of divine wisdom? I believe
most definitely not, not to decipher them correctly anyway, one needs to first
be able to think in timelessness because let’s face it, we are reading something
of timelessness not of time; this isn’t of man’s knowledge or even wisdom but divine
wisdom we are talking about here. No
wonder atheists have no idea, it’s really not their fault as they can’t read
anything beyond of time!!
The following links just might help you think out of time
and really open your mind up to what you are actually reading. Once you start
to think out of time, and even space, a whole new world of understanding will
flurry into your world, it will feel like a totally different more vibrant dimension.
Note: You will
have to choose which link suits you best as they give quite a different view on
the matter of thinking beyond time.
Why do people meditate? I feel it is to break away from thinking in time
because while we are thinking in time we are thinking chaotically to one extent
or another but once we meditate, time has no relevance, the chaos within our thoughts
disappear. This is the reason why we don’t think we think when in mediation, it’s
of timeless thought, it’s also more about wisdom than knowledge I believe. I also believe meditation is one of the better
ways to learn to think out of time in everyday life.
Note: Please don’t
take anything I have written here as gospel, it’s really my own personal view on
this topic that’s all……
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