What is Wisdom
Where Are the Wise?
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As we study the mind and its important station in our inner self, we find more and more mysteries. We have the mind, the self, the spirit, and the soul, which are also invisible and entangled with one another in ways that mold us into who we are as human beings; the self, perceiving, knowledge, understanding, discerning, interest, comprehending, thinking and sense are also part of the maze which is active 24/7 in our brains.
We see ourselves as intelligent, caring, and normal individuals until something in the mix no longer jibes with the rest. Dementia, downs syndrome, dyslexia, autism, and many diseases can also affect the normal coordination of all these forces within us; love, hate, temper, serenity, anger, reason, conscience, fear, faith etcetera. We could go on and on to try to cover all that the mind holds; both good and bad. We have to learn to have common sense and understand what is nonsense, trust those that are really friends and mistrust those with their own agenda. Learning is the basis for knowing and knowing and understanding lead to wisdom. Our priority for this book is the search for wisdom, the easiest way to find it is to first realize that there are two kinds of wisdom; worldly wisdom and spiritual wisdom. Through this search, we will discover how the rest fits into these two categories and take a journey to find where are the wise.
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The brain is a material part of the body contained within the skull. It is sensitized to absorb all information sent to it from inside and outside of the body. It contains the means to process this information and pass it on to the mind, which is not a material part of the body, but lies somewhere in the brain. You can lose it, abuse it or use it in your search for wisdom.
If you lose it, we may find that you are demented, diseased, or even insane or a fool who has destroyed it with things that have taken away its usefulness. Men have been studying these mysteries for centuries.
No one has been able to unlock the matter of the brain, the shadow of the mind, or the secrets therein, where we also have a soul and a conscience.
The brain is a receiver, the mind is the decision maker, the conscience passes judgement. There is also a spirit that is the self, which is in control, and in the Christian, a Holy Spirit which guards the soul.
Much has been written about the brain in the physical. Scientific, and psychological realms, concerning what the so- called grey matter in our heads is all about. This book is not concerned with those things, only the parts that no one can figure out.
“Wisdom is what makes good people nice.” Derek Kidner
“The next thing to being wise ones-self is to live in a circle of those who are.” C. S. Lewis
“The task thy wisdom hath assigned, O let me cheerfully fulfill; In all my works thy presence find, and prove thy good and perfect will.” Wesley
About the Author
Jean Bacon White is a graduate of the University of Maine and Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. A retired pastor teacher, in public school, Croatian Seminary, and Church of Hope she reopened after being empty for twenty-five years. She is the mother of three, grandmother of twelve, and great-grandmother of twenty, living in Maine with her family.