Who are the wise?

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Anyone who agrees with my interpretation of scripture

Anyone who I agree with

My grandaughter

My wife, husband or significant other

Myself

Anyone who you learn from

A.N.Other

The barista at Costa's who thinks I'm fab

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Here is an excerpt from the Kalama Sutta, one of the texts of the Buddhist Theravada Canon of Scripture.

[i]Come.....Do not go upon what has been acquired by repeated hearing; nor upon tradition; nor upon rumor; nor upon what is in a scripture; nor upon surmise; nor upon an axiom; nor upon specious reasoning; nor upon a bias towards a notion that has been pondered over; nor upon another's seeming ability; nor upon the consideration, 'The monk is our teacher.' but when you yourselves know: 'These things are good; these things are not blamable; these things are praised by the wise; undertaken and observed, these things lead to benefit and happiness,' enter on and abide in them.[/i]

Who are "the wise"?

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Tariki

I have trust/faith in Reality-as-is. That offers absolutely no guarantees, but when pushed I would say as being [i]absolute compassion, absolute wisdom and absolute potential[/i]. Therefore wisdom can be found anywhere and is in no ones possession.

Possibly you just need to keep your eyes open.

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Carazaa · F

[b][quote]James 1:5 says, "If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you."[/quote][/b]

Those who are guided by The Spirit of Truth, The Holy Spirit.

Tariki

@Carazaa The spirit that [i]blows where it will[/i] and not according to the diktats of any creed, belief system or formulae devised by humankind. Not even contained by any book, holy, sacred or otherwise.

Carazaa · F

@Tariki [quote] Eph 4 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ. 14[b]Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.[/b] 15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.…[/quote]

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

The "wise" are people who post on internet forums.

Tariki

@Diotrephes I might just have a few reservations about that.

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SW-User

@Diotrephes 😆
Those are the ones who [b]think [/b]they are.

Tariki

@SW-User A zen guy once said that in effect there are no enlightened people, only enlightened acts.

Thomas Merton once spoke of a beautiful paradox, this in a letter written to E.D.Andrews, an expert on the life and beliefs of the Shakers (or the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing). Andrews had sent Merton a copy of his book, "Shaker Furniture"' and Merton was responding to the gift. Merton wrote:-

[i]This wordless simplicity, in which the works of quiet and holy people speak humbly for themselves. How important that is in our day, when we are flooded with a tidal wave of meaningless words: and worse still when in the void of those words the sinister power of hatred and destruction is at work. The Shakers remain as witnesses to the fact that only humility keeps man in communion with truth, and first of all with his own inner truth. This one must know without knowing it, as they did. [b]For as soon as a man becomes aware of "his truth" he lets go of it and embraces an illusion.[/b]
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checkoutanytime · M

The founder's, they knew about espionage.

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