What is Wisdom? Open topic/discussion

[mojomojo]

Knowledge without experience, remains knowledge.
Wisdom is the acquisition of experiential knowledge over time.

[aceofcups]

I agree with Mojo. Especially with spiritual knowledge and understanding,,, it doesn't really become Wisdom until one integrates it into their Being.     Learning to do spiritual practices and meditation makes the mere knowledge alive within one.    But just having knowledge without the use of what it means in "practical" purposes and actually working with it -- can just make it "book learning".

Which some find spiritual knowledge useful to a degree... it is like the metaphor of baking a cake... you can have all the ingredients... but unless one learns the correct amount of each ingredient to mix and then bake it it is not complete.   Learning the ingredients is better then having no ingredients -- I suppose, but  by itself it can't really produce a cake to eat.





Question: Is there different kinds of wisdom?

Ultimate Wisdom is connecting the Universal Spirit within and becoming an instrument for its Essence to flow freely within us and compassionately out to others.

Different types of Wisdom a person can have; 

Bodily Wisdom if one learns to fully work with and control their physical and etheric bodies and energies ( Chi).

Emotional Wisdom: of the Astral and Emotional body. One learns the wisdom of controlling their emotions, their attachments and the emotional judgements ( conditioned likes or dislikes) of the Ego. The Wisdom of learning the difference between True Compassion and just unbridled sensitivity and unconscious empathy. Learning the Wisdom of Unconditional Love.

Mental Wisdom: One learns to focus and control their mind to go where one wants it to go and focus on what one wants it to be focused on...while still letting the Higher Mind's will pervade our consciousness.  Wisdom is also learning to  truly Listen on many levels both outwardly and inwardly.   Awakening the True Wisdom of the Quiet Mind.

Soul Wisdom: which is awakened and evolved over many lives... and Aligning to the Essence of Spiritual wisdom of the Absolute Consciousness within -- alive at each present moment

[donq]

Hi multidimensional,

Is there a difference between Knowledge and Wisdom?
-Yes.

If wisdom is not knowledge, then how can it be developed?
-Hmm...if I said I don't know the answer of this question, will that be my wisdom or my knowledge?
And do we need knowledge or wisdom to understand and get the answer (s) of this question?
As for knowledge, it requires learning to get it. But as for wisdom, it seems to be another story. For example, I've learned and known so well that anger is bad, but even I've got that "knowledge" it doesn't mean I could handle my anger so well.

 
Where is wisdom stored? and do we have unused potential (wisdom) that we have accumulated over several incarnations?
-Knowledge might tell us that wisdom is stored in "store-house consciousness" or the unconscious". Jung also said:

“My life is a story of the self-realization of the unconscious.”

So, even we knew it was there, we still need our self-realizations to reach it. And as we alreddy heard this so many time that we still use it (the unconscious) so little.
About incarnations, there can be many interpretations. However, wisdom, espeacillay spiritual one, seems to have something to do with "unconditioning" not conditioning. Detachment, not attachment. We learn to detach ourselves from our anger etc. which we've learned to attached to it before we gained our wisdom.

Is there different kinds of wisdom?
-To make the long short, here my two cents:
1. To remember
2. To know
3. To realize
4. To enlighten (disillusion).

[anagami]

Knowledge is knowing what to say.
Wisdom is knowing when to shut up.