Note: I apologize for missing two days of meditation: I was at a cabin retreating from life for a little while. It didn’t have reliable internet so I didn’t post. I did, however, meditate a lot.
Today’s meditation is about wisdom. Wisdom is not just knowledge, it’s knowledge put into play in the context of the wider world behind it. Knowledge is knowing the facts; wisdom is knowing how to use the facts. Wisdom is the knowledge that comes from experience and learning from experience, and is flexible enough to take everything into account.
Some people say wisdom comes from age, but there are many old fools out there that prove the lie. Some of those fools, unfortunately, are in the government and think themselves very wise. However, knowledge is knowing how to build a nuclear bomb; wisdom is never building it in the first place.
Wisdom doesn’t always follow the status quo; it forges new paths to promote the well-being of human beings all over the world as well as the earth and nature itself. Wisdom requires us to use our knowledge in new ways, evolving with the needs of creation.
Wisdom is what will save us; knowledge is not enough.
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