The Heart of Wisdom

Some months ago I was thinking about the difference between knowledge and wisdom.

I think that knowledge is something we find in books an it is in our mind, but wisdom is the unity between knowledge and Heart...knowledge and Compassion so that the "secrets" of a situation can be open to us not because of curiosity or judgement but because of Love.

When we see and understand a situation through the eyes and heart of "the other" and God then we are in the realm of wisdom but when we look at a situation just through our own analytical mind we are not able to see more than what is humanly possible to see.

I think that to receive wisdom we have to walk the path of Heart, the path of vulnerability....Wisdom is Simple.

When I was in the convent I used to sing this very often;

The Book of Wisdom
Chapter 9

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God of my fathers, LORD of mercy. you who have made all things by your word

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And in your wisdom have established man to rule the creatures produced by you,

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To govern the world in holiness and justice, and to render judgment in integrity of heart:

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Give me Wisdom, the attendant at your throne, and reject me not from among your children;

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For I am your servant, the son of your handmaid, a man weak and short-lived and lacking in comprehension of judgment and of laws.

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Indeed, though one be perfect among the sons of men, if Wisdom, who comes from you, be not with him, he shall be held in no esteem.

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You have chosen me king over your people and magistrate for your sons and daughters.

8

You have bid me build a temple on your holy mountain and an altar in the city that is your dwelling place, a copy of the holy tabernacle which you had established from of old.

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Now with you is Wisdom, who knows your works and was present when you made the world; Who understands what is pleasing in your eyes and what is conformable with your commands.

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Send her forth from your holy heavens and from your glorious throne dispatch her That she may be with me and work with me, that I may know what is your pleasure.

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For she knows and understands all things, and will guide me discreetly in my affairs and safeguard me by her glory;

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Thus my deeds will be acceptable, and I shall judge your people justly and be worthy of my father's throne.

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May God give us Wisdom to live a life of Compassion.