We often confuse knowledge and wisdom. As if the two are interchangeable. They aren’t, of course. Yet the dictionary definition adds to this blurring rather than clarifying.
wisdom
noun
the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgement; the quality of being wise.
Perhaps gnosis gives us greater clarity. Though this Greek word means knowledge it is not the kind we are used to and use in our daily lives – the kind that is fact based, that can be debated or proved.
Instead, gnosis is said to be about knowing through being – a direct, experiential, inner knowing…a quality of the soul.
It is a quality we all have access to if we are prepared to connect with our higher self, to start the dialogue that unlocks our intuition and wisdom.
These conversations, likely the best we will ever have, start in silence…the silence, calmness and serenity we can cultivate through meditative practice.
Where we move away from the noise and clamour of the everyday into a state of ‘focused attention’. Poised for what comes through – the symbols, signs, impressions of our deep, soul-felt knowing, and poised ready to decode this special guidance for our living.
In a world beset by unreality and fakery, and wedded to data and facts above all, our higher wisdom is that in which we can trust for a more profound experience of the beauty and truth of our world, and for greater clarity and insight. It is also the solid basis for our service to our fellow humans – guiding us to right relationship and right action in the creation of a better world for all.