Wisdom vs Experience

Wisdom trumps experience. In times to come, you will be known for your wisdom and not experience. You may be a 60-year-old, but if you have not become wise, you will not get traction in life. A young 20-ish person may have more wisdom than you. However, one of the aspects of wisdom is that mostly it gets better with experience. The mark of wisdom is a sum of 3 aspects:

• Knowledge
• Experience
• Judgement

Knowledge is passe. It has been democratized by technology. The differentiator is lessons learned from experience and sound judgment. The latter will shape your attitude. If life lessons have made you rigid, you will most likely miss opportunities. But, if you have kept yourself flexible through good and bad times, your perspective will broaden.

In yogic terms, wisdom simply means seeing things as they are, without tainting them with your biases. Knowledge is good, as long as it’s factual. Experience is super important for learning the lessons/gifts of this school called life. Finally, judgment is good as long as your discrimination between good and bad is not colored. (no comparisons)

Wisdom is realization. True wisdom dawns when you realize the being that you are. A sense of awe and curiosity surrounds you. You become more childlike. Laugh and play for no reason. Over time, you become more compassionate, more empathetic and equanimous. You realize the blessing of this priceless gift of life.

And in the clutter of all the noise, only a deep silence emanates from you that radiates just 2 words – ‘Thank You’.

God Bless!