RE: Love of wisdom
March 29, 2013 at 8:08 am
(This post was last modified: March 29, 2013 at 8:19 am by Little Rik.)
(March 29, 2013 at 7:46 am)MysticKnight Wrote: Why is peace of mind and happiness impossible to achieve in this world? And perhaps part of wisdom is to realize that we ought to be partially happy and partially in peace, yet partially distressed and in grief (due to problems in this world). We can have moments of happiness and pleasure (like when having sex) and be distressed at other moments and in grief in other moments.
Our essence of life will never be content with PARTIAL HAPPINESS.
When you achieve something (material or physical) in your life that does not last for a very long time.
After a while your search continue and this goes on and on until you die or until you leave your body (if of course you believe in reincarnation).
In other words you will never be able to satisfy your longing for total peace of mind and happiness here in this finite world.
If it is true what you say then there would not be a continuous and incessant push in your mind to keep on looking for a better situation.
Let us not confuse the greed for material things which is unnatural with the desire for peace of mind which is natural.
(March 29, 2013 at 8:03 am)Tonus Wrote: I was brought up with the impression that wisdom was expressed through action. In other words, a wise person was someone who applied knowledge based on understanding, whereas a stupid person acted in a manner that was contrary to what he understood. The wise person stops at an intersection, checks traffic, then makes an informed decision as to whether or not to cross the street. The stupid person attempts to cross the street without checking traffic, even though he understands the way traffic works at an intersection. He knows he risks being hurt or even killed, yet takes no precautions to safeguard his health or his life.
By that reasoning, the wise person is more likely to prosper and the stupid person is more likely to suffer.
You are correct when you say that wisdom must be expressed through action.
Shiva gave the system to achieve total peace of mind and happiness 7000 years ago long before the Greek philosophers were born.
Real philosophy involve little theory and big big practice.
Those who pretend to be philosophers by practicing only theory are just a bunch of mental masturbators.
