Zen Reflection
Does wisdom change the world, or only how you see it?
Initially, wisdom changes how one sees the world. Eventually, this shift changes the world itself. And therein lies the hope.
The value of lived experiences, approached with an open and curious heart and mind, is that these experiences lead to wisdom. The more open and curious the heart and mind become, the more wisdom arises from within, without resistance.
When you look at something through the veils of your conditioning, and begin to realise that you are looking at the world through perhaps several layers of conditioning, you also realise that the truth may be presented to you in a distorted manner.
The more you introspect, meditate, and develop an attitude of curiosity, a beginner’s mindset, simplicity, humility, kindness, compassion, and love, the more clarity you arrive at, especially when you apply both intuition and logic with these attitudes.
You may also come to the realisation that what you are seeing may not be the ultimate truth, because you become increasingly aware that you, too, are looking at things through your own blind spots.
I think this awareness increases compassion, because when you look at others and observe how they see things, you begin to recognise that they have their own blind spots as well.
When you start to operate from this increasing level of clarity, the actions you take may begin to change. More importantly, I think the intention behind those actions shifts. The attitude with which you take those actions shifts.
And when that happens, eventually, the consequences of those actions also begin to shift.
Because the energy that you bring into an action, through your attitude, your feelings, and your intentions, also contributes to its consequences.
Therefore, I do feel that wisdom and clarity eventually affect who you become and who you are.
And in that shift, in who you become, how you live your daily life, and how you apply this wisdom, you don’t necessarily need to put it out there or try to tell somebody about it.
It is about how you live this newfound wisdom that actually begins to shift the world, because the consequences of your actions, and the energy behind those consequences, are changing.
And so, eventually, wisdom doesn’t just change how you see the world. It changes the world itself.
And therein lies the hope.
Simi
