Wisdom, wisdom and more wisdom! How many more times must I spell out this simple but obscure six letter word that hides a beneficent gift to humankind.
The reason for encouraging you to attain this rare commodity, is because of the seemingly sad state of today’s superficial and ignorant world.
Whilst pursuing the things that we think will make us happy, paradoxically, they eventually serve to make us more miserable as we continue down the path of self-destruction.
Why not get off this ignorant path of perdition, my friend, and instead discover for yourself a pathless trail towards self-knowledge, self-improvement and limitless wisdom.
I’m not worried about Swine Flu killing me like the rest of the world. With all the scaremongering from every media source you can think of you’d think I’d be running down to the pharmacy to buy me one of those silly face masks. I’ve already seen a few people in public wearing them and I’ve got to say they look rather bizarre and funny too – it just goes to show what lengths human beings would go to when frightened.
So instead I have chosen to follow the fine example of none other than the iconoclastic Superman, Friedrich Nietzsche and grow a moustache 4 times the size than is usual.
The German philosopher, Nietzsche who was filled with nothing but sarconic wit, subversive ego and tragic wisdom suffered from illness most of his life, but he refused to to be defeated by it.
Instead, Nietzsche thought himself as a Superman who can overcome his illness and overthrow every convention of society that attempted to subjugate his own “Will to Power”. It also seemed to me that Nietzsche’s moustache represented his own philosophy of defiance and overpowering will against all odds.
A prominent scene in the Bruce Lee film ‘Enter the Dragon’ comes to mind when describing the late enigmatic, spiritual philosopher, Jiddu Krishnamurti. The scene in question involved a cocky and brash martial arts expert who challenges Bruce Lee to a fight on a junk boat. Instead of Bruce taking the bait and letting either machismo or an apparent insult on his honour trigger him into conflict, he instead demonstrated the ‘art of fighting without fighting’, which defeated his opponent whilst at the same time avoiding physical combat. In other words Bruce beat him peacefully with his mind without resorting to actual violence. Krishnamurti’s philosophy on the art of teaching is in some ways comparable to the wisdom Bruce Lee used in that scene.
Krishnamurti was a man who had tremendous compassion, intelligence and insight into the huge problems that human beings face in their daily lives. As observed by Krishnamurti, these very same problems are caused by our minds being imprisoned by generation upon generation of conditioning. This conditioning has caused psychological divisions that can lead to violent conflict outwardly, and worse still, serious consequences for the planet in general.
This humble blog will hope to provide you with philosophical advice for you to change your life for the better. Through the guidance of inspirational words of wisdom, self-improvement and self-help I will try to encourage you to embrace wisdom within your mind and spirit towards personal growth, motivation and self-empowerment.
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