August 15, 2002

  • So a friend of mine says that formerly deeply-held religious beliefs seem like kindergarten now. Imagine that.

    But kindergarten is where you learn the context to be able to understand primary school, and primary school similarly leads to middle school, and so on until you’ve got your PhD.

    It’s the same with any other endeavor. Any knowledge leads to other knowledge, if only through context. And if you get enough context, you’ll start being…

    …wise.

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  • Yes, but to get there, you have to forget knowledge in the traditional sense.

    To expand on this thought, I find that the more I know, the less clear things are, and more muddied the waters become. While I agree in continuing a search for knowledge (I am very much a seeker), I also agree that sometimes it’s best to just clear one’s mind altogether, of all beliefs, and just BE.

  • Is that what you believe?

  • hmm. i’ve been “be”ing for almost my entire life. i’m working on the seeking and analyzing now. hopefully i can build on that and move beyond kindergarten. it’s amazing how little i actually did learn in any sort of structured learning environment. i’m going back and reading my philosophy books from college now and i’m understanding them so much better than i did then. it’s very refreshing.

  • I don’t want to get wise, though. I want to get peace.

    Somehow, I experience the two as being mutually exclusive.

    Any thoughts on that?

    Feithy

  • Yes, I think that’s what I believe.

    *kicks Homer in shin*

  • If you want peace and you go about it unwisely, you’ll likely not get peace. If you go about it wisely, you’re more likely to succeed. I think that’s the definition of wisdom; if it doesn’t work, it wasn’t wise.

    And my shin is smarter than your shin. Neener!

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