This document discusses the differences between intelligence, intellect, wisdom, and knowledge. It argues that intelligence involves more internal qualities like compassion and empathy, while intellect is more likely to argue points. True wisdom admits that one knows nothing, and intelligence involves processing emotions and spirituality, not just arguments. While intellect and intelligence can exist separately, having both together is rare. The document advocates letting go of attachments to the past and ego to focus on inner wisdom and knowing through meditation and love.

1. Wise & Dumb
October 7, 2021
Wisdom may be the 'cream' of intelligence but
intelligence is often used inappropriately for 'intellect'. First of all, ‘wisdom’ is ‘wise & dumb’ or
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rst admitting that one knows nothing. That being said, an 'intellectual' has a higher problem
solving mind and memory ability than intelligence. The intellect is more likely to argue.
Intelligence is balanced with many internal qualities, among them compassion, empathy, easier
ability to open to emotional qualities and with a more open heart as well as a spiritual acumen.
IQ measurement is wrongly classi
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ed as 'intelligent quotient' when in fact it's 'intellectual
quotient’
.
Having worked in a 'high intellect' world and had many friends with high intellects, it's been my experience that
common sense, happiness, inner ful
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llment are more missing the more heartfelt, well rounded behavior of the word
meaning of intelligence. Many intellects lack the ability to process the emotional, spiritual, and common sense
which is intelligence. An uneducated farmer certainly can be more intelligent than an ‘intellect’ who will
argue 'that point' as they will so many things (which can be valuable, but myopic
and unful
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lling)
.
Of course, many are not either of high intellect or intelligence. Conversely, it's rare
that someone has high intelligence and intellect together. It's no longer a 'dualistic
world' (unless you unintelligently make it so) where there are two sides to most
things. It always has been a non duality world where there are in
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nite answers to
many things and/or degrees of projection but mostly unrecognized.. A few years
ago it was standard to say there were 12 different colors. Now it has been
established that there are over 1,000 levels of color. That's non dualistic, and in
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nite
things are the same.
We humans like to simplify things, especially those in control, by saying it’s this way or that
without any intelligence/intellect to see the in
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nite possibilities. Set
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re to the attachment to the
bad memories of yesteryear. Knowledge makes you leaned, wisdom makes you innocent.
Knowledge makes you very ego-fulling. The ego feeds on knowledge. Wisdom happens only
when the ego disappears. Death of the ego is a birth of wisdom. Knowledge depends on words as well as memory.
Marry the heart, not the mind or intellect. This doesn’t mean to not value knowledge, but knowing is a different
quality. Be a
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ame with silence and joy. Become a
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re of your heart, and letting it be lit through meditation and love
will be deepened. Knowledge is safe, but risky. Knowing is solid. Have the guts to let go and focus on the light of
the heart
.
Arhata~