Guest guest Posted January 28, 2002 Report Share Posted January 28, 2002 Dear Mr.Brad and other friends, Thanks for the clearing the doubts regarding Knowledge vs Intelligence.I do agree that " Wisdom " is the right word for this topic. This difference suddenly arised in my mind. I posed this question in order to clarify if my understading about self-realisation is correct. Thanking you once again. Sincerely yours, Karthikeyan On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 Brad Stephan wrote : > Dear Karthikeyan: > > You wrote: > > <If that is so, a self realised person should be termed > as truly > knowledgeble or intelligent as he/she is suppossed to > know everything.> > > Not being self-realized myself, I can only offer an > intuitive/book-learned > guess to your query regarding " knowledge " vs. > " intelligence " (I prefer the > word " wisdom " ). I would say, yes, a self-realized > person would " know " > everything (or everything that God wants them to know > at a given point on > their spiritual journey), but the " knowing " would be > with the " heart, " not > necessarily with the " head. " It would be an > " experiential " knowledge of > Truth, rather than an " intellectual " knowledge of our > physical universe. > > As the self-realized person has given their " power of > attorney " to God, this > knowing (whether of the Infinite or the finite) would > be on an " as needed " > basis. Sri Ramakrishna was wholly self-realized, but > was ignorant of > mechanical engineering and quantum physics. However, > the Divine Mother would > certainly provide Him with any knowledge necessary > (including mechanical > engineering and quantum physics) to accomplish Her will > with His life. > > God Bless, > Brad > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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