A simple seeker was meditating on the concept of wisdom.
“Wisdom is much more than a concept.”
“How can anything be more than a concept?”
“How can anything be less?”
“Then, what is wisdom, beyond being a concept?”
“A concept of what?”
“A high level of understanding.”
“Understanding of what?”
“Whatever.”
“Whatever is a generalization of everything.”
“Then, of life.”
“Whose life? Or what life?”
“Wisdom as a concept of life in general.”
“Wisdom is wisdom, and life is life.”
“Yes, but I want to understand what life is.”
“How would wisdom help you do that?”
“I don’t know.”
“Perhaps you know more than you’re willing to accept knowing.”
“Why would I resist accepting knowing?”
“For fear of consequences of knowing whatever.”
“What consequences can knowledge have?”
“Personal responsibility.”
“For what?”
“For how you choose to respond to awareness.”
“We were discussing knowledge.”
“True knowledge is awareness.”
“And awareness is knowing?”
“Yes.”
“Then, how to respond?”
“To what?”
“Knowing.”
“With integrity.”
“It could be risky.”
“Yes.”
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A simple seeker’s note to herself
Thinking back, what did I learn about integrity? And how did my discussion with Spirit about wisdom develop into one about integrity? He seems to have a habit of moving from one subject to another, or are they related?
“Perhaps you learned to accept that you know, or might know, more than you feel comfortable knowing.”
“About what?”
“Or who?”
“Who?”
“You.”
“I thought we were discussing the topic in general.”
“What topic?”
“Wisdom.”
“And integrity?”
“You slipped integrity into it.”
“I’m allowed. I gave myself permission.”
“Even so, we were speaking of generalities.”
“The specific is the general.”
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Simple Seekers 