Wisdom
comes from asking questions and seeking answers to the questions asked.
Asking Questions
Albert Einstein once said, “Thinking is difficult;
that’s why so few people do it.” Thinking is a process
of self-intuition through asking relevant questions to create self-awareness
and self-introspection. It is the natural habit of the human mind to try to
solve problems by asking questions. Through solving problems, the mind can then
make things happen.
Seeking Answers
Seeking answers may not be that easy; just as Albert Einstein also said, “Any fool can know.
The point is to understand.”
Understanding requires both human wisdom and Biblical wisdom.
According to Ronald Reagan, “Within
the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.”
When we ask, we may also receive—just as Jesus said: “Seek and you
shall find.” That said, many seek but still do not find, just as many ask
questions but do not receive answers because they do not have the spiritual
wisdom to guide them in what they seek and in the questions they ask.
Lack of Spiritual
Wisdom
Seeking answers to all the questions asked requires spiritual wisdom to
show us that we are all living in a material world full of problems, that
solving others' problems does not help us solve our own, and that solving our
own problems does not guarantee that we will not have any more problems to be
solved. Spiritual wisdom can only be intuited in the presence of God.
The lack of spiritual wisdom is often
due to excessive attachment to the material things in the physical world. The
human flaw of attachment can be discerned and even overcome with human wisdom,
which is no more than the ultimate truth of human existence. In the Christian
tradition, truth begins with God, and not with the self. However, in Eastern
cultures, the understanding of self is the first step in the pursuit of
true human wisdom.
Get the wisdom of letting go to
attain the complement of human and spiritual wisdom.
Stephen Lau
Copyright© by Stephen Lau
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