Wise & Dumb
- 1. Wise & Dumb October 7, 2021 Wisdom may be the 'cream' of intelligence but intelligence is often used inappropriately for 'intellect'. First of all, ‘wisdom’ is ‘wise & dumb’ or fi rst admitting that one knows nothing. That being said, an 'intellectual' has a higher problem solving mind and memory ability than intelligence. The intellect is more likely to argue. Intelligence is balanced with many internal qualities, among them compassion, empathy, easier ability to open to emotional qualities and with a more open heart as well as a spiritual acumen. IQ measurement is wrongly classi fi ed as 'intelligent quotient' when in fact it's 'intellectual quotient’ . Having worked in a 'high intellect' world and had many friends with high intellects, it's been my experience that common sense, happiness, inner ful fi llment are more missing the more heartfelt, well rounded behavior of the word meaning of intelligence. Many intellects lack the ability to process the emotional, spiritual, and common sense which is intelligence. An uneducated farmer certainly can be more intelligent than an ‘intellect’ who will argue 'that point' as they will so many things (which can be valuable, but myopic and unful fi lling) . Of course, many are not either of high intellect or intelligence. Conversely, it's rare that someone has high intelligence and intellect together. It's no longer a 'dualistic world' (unless you unintelligently make it so) where there are two sides to most things. It always has been a non duality world where there are in fi nite answers to many things and/or degrees of projection but mostly unrecognized.. A few years ago it was standard to say there were 12 different colors. Now it has been established that there are over 1,000 levels of color. That's non dualistic, and in fi nite things are the same. We humans like to simplify things, especially those in control, by saying it’s this way or that without any intelligence/intellect to see the in fi nite possibilities. Set fi re to the attachment to the bad memories of yesteryear. Knowledge makes you leaned, wisdom makes you innocent. Knowledge makes you very ego-fulling. The ego feeds on knowledge. Wisdom happens only when the ego disappears. Death of the ego is a birth of wisdom. Knowledge depends on words as well as memory. Marry the heart, not the mind or intellect. This doesn’t mean to not value knowledge, but knowing is a different quality. Be a fl ame with silence and joy. Become a fi re of your heart, and letting it be lit through meditation and love will be deepened. Knowledge is safe, but risky. Knowing is solid. Have the guts to let go and focus on the light of the heart . Arhata~