This week we are exploring the idea that mind and wisdom are not necessarily the same thing. We can know lots of facts and yet not be wise. A person can be very wise and have no education at all. In fact, this is what non duality is always pointing at: that seed of wisdom …
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The logical mind is not wisdom
The logical mind is not wisdom. Wisdom is something down underneath our ability to analyze and remember and sort things out. Logical people can be very smart. On the other hand, an illogical person is quite often an idiot, right? People who twist logic can be the worse! But that doesn’t mean that straight out …
Spirituality makes us better
Spirituality should be making us better people. Do we interact better? Do we see deeper, broader?
Logic is only a part of intelligence
Logic is only a part of intelligence, and by logic, I mean the rules that we use to manage our thinking. Think about this… One useful thing about it is that if you are managing your thinking, then the thinking is not the boss; it’s not in charge. You are managing it. Non-duality is about …
Thinking is not intelligence
Thinking is not intelligence. A better way to look at it is that intelligence does the thinking, it’s not the thinking itself. Although that’s still a shallow way of looking at it because that would be insinuating that you yourself, me myself, does the thinking. Thinking is way less reliable than that. What is Thinking? …
Religions are dumb
“I think that religions are dumb, but more than likely you’re very smart, so look underneath to find these truths.
Logic is not intelligence
Logic is not intelligence. Logic is a tool that an intelligent being can use to decipher their world, but it’s not intelligence itself. Just understanding logic doesn’t make you any smarter. Except that it can… because once you realize that there’s a fabulous tool you can use to manage how words go together, and how …
The accident of finding yourself
The accident of finding yourself. I think it’s always an accident. The best you can do is get yourself prepared and ready. Know that there’s really, really something available to you. See it everywhere you go. All we’re talking about with Awakening is knowing who you are. That is not something that’s far away from …