This is me saying hi with a quote I wrote some years back that I like.
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“JUST BECAUSE YOUR SMART DOESN’T MEAN YOUR WISE AND BEING WISE DOESN’T ALWAYS LOOK SMART”
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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“Who taught you something wise that surprised you because of where it came from?”
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- Paulleverich...
Lately, I've been mulling over the difference between being informed and being wise. We live in a time where information is everywhere. A few taps on a screen can give us more data than entire libraries could provide a generation ago.... - Gypsy Fulton...
There is nothing as gentle as true strength and nothing as stro7ng as gentleness . I agree with what you said ty
- Space Dancer...
Hi Isaac, I find the dream metaphor very helpful, and reflecting on waking reality as a dream is a foundational practice in many spiritual traditions.... - curiousdwk...
I loved your blog on "Wisdom is Taboo". I'm not sure that I would describe Wisdom as "Taboo" as "Taboo" to me insinuates a repulsion by society. I think that our society is "Ignorant" of Wisdom, but I wouldn't say our society is repulsed by Wisdom.... - Joanna...
Amused by how populist this is :)
They have PhDs but they don’t have common sense, and they don’t have wisdom.
When wisdom is opposite foolishness, we lose play, irreverence, jestering. When wisdom means knowledge we lose not-knowing, the joy of discovery, the mystery and our dance with it; we lose undoing, we lose the brilliance of not-here....