Wisdom and information

Posted on by philipdodson

All the wisdom we’ll ever need is within us from the day we are born until the day we die.

‘Intelligence’, as it is perceived, is what we learn from books, school, the internet. That is just information to be stored in our mind. It’s also another ego-driven activity so that we can feel superior to someone else by knowing information they don’t. Or a way of conditioning the mind and false you and me.

The real answers for a peaceful, joyful and free existence do not come from information, they come from wisdom.

Wisdom comes from our soul, from our being, from our very essence. It is a feeling, an intuition, a guidance from the universe. It is the feelings of the real you and me, not the fantasy of the mind. We instinctively always know what to do and then the mind takes over, if we allow it, and sabotages, the ego and the story get in the way. Thought overrides wisdom when we are consumed with our mind. We do something based on information, fear or other peoples thoughts, when we instinctively know and feel different.

When we allow wisdom to flow, when we are conscious, when we are away from our thoughts, then we can deal with anything and create what we want. We allow the light to shine.

Wisdom is all we need to just be, information is for the mind.

Revenge…best not served at all

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The mind and its fragile ego convince us of the need to take revenge for a perceived wrongdoing of another.

The mind goes into overdrive, as its ego switches between victim and punisher and concocts various schemes of how to get someone back for what they did.

The reality is, they did nothing in the first place. We did it to ourselves by choosing to allow the actions of another bother us within in the first place. If we accept internally others for what they are and for what they do, then we do not inflict inner pain upon ourselves. We are at peace with what they do or say.

Now, that does not stop us offering a different opinion outwardly, or choosing to move on or walk away from that person. But what we do is forgive them instantly by accepting them always for what they are. Then there is no suffering, and no need to exact revenge.

Revenge only leads to more suffering, and the suffering will be within us. All things are a matter of choice and how we react and choose to react has its consequences always.

It’s a choice to let go, to surrender to what is, to allow others to be and to simply move-on. There is no action to take and the consequences will be inner peace for us.