21 May 2023 8:35 pm
We humans are funny peculiar sometimes. We tend to accept that wisdom which comes to us from long ago while avoiding more recent statements. What is it about the olden days that they produced wise men and women? Aren't people the same now? Indeed we are greatly improved. After thousands of lifetimes is a man still a beginner?Skans » 21 May 2023, 6:48 pm » wrote: ↑ You write as though you have experienced this. Perhaps you have. I certainly have taken note.
Nothing special about me except that I have learned that we humans need not depend on sages from the past for knowledge. We are just as capable in our times. It is quite possible for someone today to consider questions about almost anything then send his or her mind to that place where the answers are waiting. This is what humanity has been trained to do after all.
First is suspicion. Second is faith. Third is sure beliefs. Fourth is knowledge. Fifth is the wisdom that results from the practical application of all that came before. Each of us is as capable as another. We just too seldom know it.
On a personal note I have been a student of spiritual philosophy for a very long time. None of my formal training was anything to do with any religion. Religions are man made, all of them. They have a way of coloring reality by requiring devotees declare dependency on deity before any revelation can be known. Much easier to go around religions, avoiding the need for all the metaphorical parallels. Thanks for the comment.