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Old 01-20-2005, 11:11 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Re: True and false wisdom

Leading on from my last post, and perhaps changing the direction of the topic just a little bit...............from reading a book called "Halfway Up The Mountain" concerning premature claims to enlightenment...........(as one wag once said, "all claims to enlightenment are premature!")..........concerning "enlightenment"/"kensho"/"insight" etc etc.........do such things NECESSARILY make us more fit for living in this world and relating to other human beings? In other words, there may be a real insight into the human condition (in the large) which is essentially unconnected with being human (in particular)

Wisdom/Compassion...........twin pillars?
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Old 01-20-2005, 04:59 PM   #17 (permalink)
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I look at Compassion, Reason, and Discipline as the three primary virtues, making up all the others in different combinations of the primaries, like a color wheel. I also look at this triad as a system of action. Compassion provides the basis and motivation to virtue, Reason provides the best course to achieve compassion's aim, and Discipline provides the action to achieve virtue.

The three of them together, at the center of the color wheel, I refer to as wisdom (which I view as synonimous with complete virtue).

As for my previous post, asking "what is wisdom?" I'm not talking about a crude definition, but really seeking to understand what wisdom is. Why is it that we would call someone wise? What traits, behavior, and thoughts would they have that an unwise person would not? How does wisdom differ from intelligence? How does it differ from knowledge? No dictionary can answer this question, which should take a lifetime to answer properly.
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Old 01-21-2005, 12:52 AM   #18 (permalink)
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True and false wisdom


Once again, how tell true from false.............how do we uncover the false within us..........how do we truly see that possibly so much that passes for understanding/wisdom within us is unreal........conceit and vanity, empty and vain........

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The path of the Just is like the morning dawn that shines to full day.
The path of the Just shines more and more to a perfect day then you will not stumble when you run. Proverbs of Solomn are good for study.The Just scale every wall.
The Just are those who seek a matter without employing a deception, this is why the Just are able to scale every wall. To seek the Truth.
From The Ark realm, to advance in knowledge, a collective. A=Art in every word.

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