One Way Of Viewing The Concept Of Wisdom

Understanding the concepts of knowledge and wisdom

Without the establishment of an internal space which results in the development of wisdom, in the long term, the acquisition of any knowledge relating to our self development will have little to no value for us.

The structures, technology, and systems that we have created and implemented in the world around us increasingly make up larger parts of our daily lives, as we find larger proportions of the population living an ‘urban life’. Generally, these technologies place an emphasis on the value of knowledge and the power of the intellect, as this is considered to be a key pre-requisite to producing those technologies in the first place. Therefore, many of us begin to associate our survival with the power of our intellect and the amount of knowledge we have accumulated.

It is only natural then, that as we arrive at a period of human history where many have also begun to see the benefits that arise from focusing on their personal growth, self development, and spirituality, they then commonly think that progress with this process will be made by acquiring more knowledge and developing a stronger intellect. This attitude establishes a very limiting block in their conscious perception and ultimately ends up acting as a hinderance with respect to their self development, at least once a certain stage has been reached.

Although many may not be aware of it, much of the challenge of this particular stage of the development of humanity is to be able to go beyond the limitations of the intellect by seeing it as a tool and understanding how and, more importantly, when it can be used appropriately. If we can achieve this, we will be able to establish within us a higher conscious level of perception which is no longer constrained by any inherent limitations that are a part of the intellect’s structure.

A major resistance for us in establishing this new conscious level of perception is as a result of the vast amounts of technology we have produced. It is by seeing these technologies functioning around us, and attributing the fact that they function with our intellect, that we tend to then become further invested into wanting to acquire more knowledge. The more pertinent question though to ask ourselves is, how have we applied these technologies in our lives and how do we interact with them? It is by doing this in earnest that we come to see that there is another factor at play which has very little to do with our intellect. We could refer to this factor as wisdom.