What is Wisdom?

What is Wisdom?
There are so many definitions of Wisdom. It is the practical application of knowledge and skills. Wisdom is often associated with maturity and experience.

But some people even those who are young can exhibit wisdom. Often people who exhibit sensibility and fairness are called wise. Their decisions are strategic and beneficial and are well thought out.

Wisdom is a mix of insight, common sense and experience and results to sound judgment. Wisdom is spontaneous and is not created. It may be developed but it cannot be taught or passed on to others. Wisdom is developed through the gaining of knowledge and experience but in the end, when a person lacks one aspect like common sense, then he will not necessarily develop wisdom. Wisdom is sometimes referred to as enlightenment or the capacity to understand natural laws and processes and be able to apply them in practical means. It is the ability to discern truth and exercise good judgment.

Wisdom has many definitions because it is a virtue that is recognized in many fields or aspects of human life. There are religious definitions of wisdom as well as psychological and philosophical. In religious terms, wisdom is the virtue by which a person can discern the truth and the good from the evil. In Christianity, the story of King Solomon who is considered a wise king, tells the story of justice and good judgment. Wisdom is also exhibited by rightful conduct and good morals in religious terms. It means that the person is both prudent and morally upright and he is able to uphold widely held values.

In any case, wise people have a deeper understanding of the interconnectedness of life and understand the science of cause and effect. They are self-aware and understand the ripple or butterfly effect. This is the reason they exercise good judgment, they know that even the smallest action a person makes can change the course of the universe, just like dropping a stone in the water will cause ripples to appear, affecting almost the whole surface of the water.

One simple decision can change a person’s life forever and people who have wisdom can make decisions that are fair and beneficial to those who really need to benefit the most. They understand that the interconnectedness of life results in one action affecting others, with each character in the world moving, making the world go round and round, and changing it so often.

Wise people are able to make decisions and stick by them even if the decision seems wrong in the beginning. These people have insight and foresight and understand that sometimes sacrifices have to be made to be able to achieve a good result. Wisdom means understanding that cutting the leg saves it from gangrene, never mind that it also means losing the leg. In the end, if a person or a group stands to benefit from a morally upright or ethical decision then the decision is deemed wise.

淺論智慧
智慧的定義多不勝數(shù)。它是知識和技能的實際應(yīng)用。智慧常常與成熟、經(jīng)驗聯(lián)系在一起。但是有的年輕人也不乏智慧。那些理性而公正的人往往被稱為智者。他們的決定意義重大、趨利避害，而且經(jīng)過深思熟慮。

智慧是由洞察、常識、經(jīng)驗和成效綜合形成的一種判斷。智慧是自發(fā)的，而非創(chuàng)造出來的。智慧可以增長但不能教授或者傳遞給別人。人們通過獲取知識、積累經(jīng)驗來開發(fā)智慧，但最終，如果一個人缺乏某方面的素質(zhì)比如常識，那他就不能夠增長智慧。有時智慧是一種頓悟或者能力：通曉自然法則和進(jìn)程并運用于實際。也是一種鑒別真?zhèn)巍?zhǔn)確判斷的本領(lǐng)。

智慧的定義繁多，在人類生活的方方面面中，它是公認(rèn)的美德。宗教、心理學(xué)、哲學(xué)對它有各自的理解。宗教中，智慧是一個人能夠洞悉真假、區(qū)別善惡的德行。基督教里明君所羅門王的故事闡釋了公平和善斷。德行端正也是宗教意義上的智慧。即一個人要審慎、正直，而且擁護(hù)公眾的價值觀。

總之，無論如何，智者對于生命間的相互聯(lián)系和因果學(xué)說有更為透徹的理解。他們了解自己，懂得波及效應(yīng)或者蝴蝶效應(yīng)。這就是為何他們能作出準(zhǔn)確判斷的原因，因為他們明白人類一個微不足道的動作也能改變宇宙的進(jìn)程，正如同石頭落入水中所激起的漣漪。一個小小的決定可以永遠(yuǎn)改變?nèi)说囊簧钦叩臎Q定可以為那些確實最需要受益的人帶來公平和福音。他們知道世界上的每個人都在運動，使地球不停轉(zhuǎn)動，并不斷改變這個世界，生物間的環(huán)環(huán)相扣足以使你的一個舉動影響其他人。

智者不僅自己決斷，而且能將決定堅持到底，即使起初貌似有誤。這些人洞察敏銳、高瞻遠(yuǎn)矚，他們清楚有時為了達(dá)到目標(biāo)必須有所犧牲。智慧就是要看到舍棄一條腿是為了避免感染，因此別在意你失去了一條腿。最后，如果個人或團(tuán)體因為一個道德決策受益，那么這個決策就是明智的。