(#5791) Wisdom comes from enlightenment, not brute force!

      All of my life I have admired wisdom when I have encountered it. I may not have always liked the conclusion of wisdom but I at least respected it's veracity. Mostly though I have liked wisdom because it gave a conclusion to problems that were perplexing to my mind anyway. So most all of my life I have strived to reach that plateau where wisdom starts to form in my own mind. For me it was working to understand philosophy. The records of our western civilization's greatest philosophers have been available and easy enough to attain. One book I would recommend is by Bertrand Russell-The History of Western Civilization. In his compilation there are many who can give us insights into what life should be all about.
     In the title of this blog I say that enlightenment is the path forward toward wisdom and doing no harm are the bricks that pave that path. I also say in the title of this blog that brute force is not how we get to wisdom. We cannot force wisdom to grow from the bed of pain and suffering. Wisdom by my account is a complexity that is maneuvered into a simplicity. Taking all the various factors into account and finding one simple solution for all of them is a perfect example of how wisdom is derived. As another example think of it this way. Wisdom is the bigger picture from all the little pictures we have. An overview that coincides with the better and best of who we are.
     At this juncture I would like to make a point about fear. Often times fear has a way of taking our minds from logic and supplanting it with an illusion of safety. Our decision has left us with hope instead of normalcy. When we disregard logic and common sense for an illusion that makes us feel safer we are actually less safe than we would have been. Much like appeasement to aggression will always end with worse subjugation and harm. Life is this simple if you would condone my indulgence. We have to fight for peace to have peace otherwise there will never be peace. The wisdom it takes to know that strength guarantees peace is what I am hoping will come from this posting.