Wisdom Skill

It is said that to live wisely one has to be moderate in habits.  This will be found arduous, because of our already ingrained habits of mind, body and behavior.  Moderation takes “will” and intention, and ultimately some form of training or practice.  Otherwise, one has to rely on age, for when we are beginning to hit sixty and seventy, our bodies and minds begin to counteract our childhood and adolescent impulses.  However, can we learn to be moderate much earlier, without waiting so? Read the rest of this entry

The body is understood to bring energy to the system.  We eat a certain way, exercise and attempt to get enough sleep.  Howsever, we do not fully realize how much energy is dissipated through the type of thinking and emotional reactions that normally consume us. The more we observe our own minds, we realize not only how mechanical our thinking is, but also how much energy it takes to maintain our usual pre-occupations.  It is functional to use our thinking constructively; however, when unconscious reflection and cogitation expands from early childhood issues, the nervous system is affected by draining much needed psychological energy. Read the rest of this entry

We look for meaning in external things: a career, a relationship, money, possessions and other cultural markers. They do heighten one’s sense of pleasure and self.  They also can carry certain values, but what do these successes mean?  As Socrates said, the true meaning comes from self-examination.  Why is this so? Read the rest of this entry