Teaching, Learning, Wisdom and Being

 My Life is my message

Gandhi

I am not a spiritual teacher.  I have mentioned that many times, have I not? I am just a person seeking  some higher understanding. I am a yogi who is trying to "know" more which is kind of an oxymoron , I suppose. It is wisdom we are all truly seeking and wisdom is not a thing...it is who we are. 

You are wise, you know knowledge

How do we know or tap into wisdom?  Knowledge is gained through studying.  I like to study about yoga, other ancient wisdom traditions, philosophy, science ( right now I am on a quantum physics kick), psychology, poetry and other forms of literature. I like to study through observing Life from a distance. This requires "thinking" . Thinking will not bring wisdom.

The thinking mind is only part of the natural law...it is a happening

Wisdom is gained through experience; through tapping into our being. Life helps us with the wisdom part.  It challenges us.  It teaches us. The human experience of suffering probably teaches more than anything else.

The way is gained by daily loss

While thinking is a happening, wisdom is a being. Thinking can bring great suffering 

You get more stinkin with thinkin, than you can ever get with drinkin...Suffi Sam

Wisdom, on the other hand, can bring us true freedom. The only condition is we have to "be".  We have to "be" fully in Life....the good, the bad, and the ugly of it.  Part of us wants to be free, and the other part is terrified of letting go. 

There is a part of you that wants freedom; and a part of you that wants safety.

We think our way to some idea of "safety". Thinking, however, takes us away from being in Life.  If we are not in Life we are not "being", we are doing. Until we are "being" we are not wise and if we are not wise, we cannot teach in the truest of ways...like Gandhi did.

All is well. 

Baba Ram Dass (2024) Ram Dass- Our Salvation Lies in Our Intuition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sTFhmRZCko