Please note I specified "wisest" not "most intelligent." Please give practical and specific guidelines, as much as possible. Keep in mind also that I am mortal and there is a limit to my time here on Earth.
2006-10-27 07:57:15 · 14 answers · asked by Seeker 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I will be able to answer this question only after I become the wisest.
2006-10-27 09:24:53 · answer #1 · answered by John 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not factoring in your emblematic human penchant for high-flying glory (e.g. the urge to become the wisest living person on the planet), I can see you are constantly in search of that illusive but archetypical “shortcut”; though at your age, I cannot exactly say I blame you! Perhaps I am entirely off the mark here - and not one inclined to play the amateur psychoanalyst game at all - but I have a funny feeling that encountering Wisdom and Meaning is quite a serious issue for you in the enduring crossroads of your life. If fact, you keep confessing that your “time” here is limited! … Hence, I am going to try and address your query with as much empathy, seriousness and sincerity that a humble being such as myself (e.g. certainly not the wisest person on the planet) can possibly muster (i.e. in effect, offering you what I would have offered myself had I been in your shoes – I hope that’s fair enough). Anyway, a Buddhist “might,” say: You must try to overcome (i.e. be at peace with) your cravings and desires, including your incessant shortcut yearning for Wisdom. But here is what I say: Try to find the inner courage to be what TRULY makes you happy (whatever the heck that is), and IF in the process you could somehow find the way to help others encounter their true happiness too, then so much the happier AND wiser the humanity. Look within for the hidden path to Wisdom, Compassion, Meaning and Happiness, but make sure to share the reencountered Goodness with the world. ..... There is NO Absolute Wisdom, and thus, NO WISEST PERSON ON THE PLANET, there are only the paths in front of us - let Happiness balanced by Compassion be your guide to Your Path to Wisdom.
2006-10-28 08:05:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The shortest path to be the wisest in the planet is through God. Learn from King Solomon, he was the wisest that lived on the earth because He asked God for it in order to serve people well. Nothing is impossible with God but you must have enough reason and humility i believe if you want to be allowed by God to be the wisest. Solomon was the wisest but he failed in his goal and died foolish. So one can be the most foolish and wisest person on the planet both at the same time.
2006-10-27 08:54:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi,Marko F,
It is Gone Car,I've just read again your answer,the one that was voted to be the best answer to my question that was presented days ago.I was busy so that I could not come to check the answers in time;and therefore,I missed the chance to respond to you.That's partly the cause I looked for your questions ,and try to answer just one of them here for not only answering,also the sake of keeping in touch with you.(I don't have a computer in my dormitory;every time I use internet I have to come to the Computer Centre of My College),
Yes,you were right,I some time restructrued the original sample sentences in order to learn of them more,because I didnot think I had caught all the meaning of all of them,It was sometimes like an experiment in which I broke a sentence,and then restructured it,and then see if it was changed or how much it was changed,and then I would ask for treatments from the teachers and constently from Yahoo Answer--- you guys,for I myself could hardly find out how wrong or how correct the reconstructed sentences were unless they were terriblely and grammatically wrong,I have many problems with wording and tenses,Recently,I've been putting much concentration to study tense,grammar ,and wording on the help of you and other helpers and teachers.It is like a revolution in my studies,and also in my life,never before had I adopted such a firm attitude and determination, and so detailed a program by which I try to make progress.With the help of yours and other people's,I have made much improvment in how to use tense and how to express myself more effectively,and in other.Sincerely ,I want to thank you and all of the helpers that are always taking care of my questions.Only I myself could understand how important my helpers mean to me.
The suggestion ,in which you advised me not to consider MLK's speech as general English,gives my eye a sudden blink,maybe I should just learn the speech from it better aspects like wording,train of its thoughts...,
Now I will go over your question and try to give an answer if I can catch the exact meaning of yours...because it is a philosophical question.
I don't think I can suggest you the most effective path that reaches your goal,I think maybe only the wisest men can do that,I am yet not.
I would like to say a wisest man can be philosophic,knowlegeable,responsable,and spontaneous.He keeps the good values of his culture,but sheds the bad of it.He is not a repeater,he doesn't repeat the mistakes of a family as well as that of a culture.He is determined,but feels comfortble to listen to others;and then comes to his own conclusions.He seeks for truths,happiness,but never pretends to have all of the truth as if he made this world,He respects beauty,loves beauty,and protects it.He can appreciate the beauty of others ,also enjoy his own 's and bravely accept it.He loves to help people and enjoys the feelings that is deserved back.
2006-10-27 22:43:31 · answer #4 · answered by Gone Car 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The buddha said that is your spent one full day in absolute mindfulness, you can achieve enlightenment.
Mindfulness is being mindful of all you do and all that happens:
-thoughts that occur, breathing, body movements, feelings, others
It is being mindful of all these myriad of things, without discursive thought or judgement about them. 'Natural' mind or buddha-nature watching everything.
One can reach the place where everything drops and you are just your buddha-nature (awake-nature). I call this soul nature.
It is the most liberating experience and wisdom. I had a taste of it once. It requires a leap of faith and work, are you ready for it?
2006-10-27 08:19:31 · answer #5 · answered by David M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The shortest path to wisdom is experience, but getting enough experience takes a lifetime.
2006-10-27 08:14:37 · answer #6 · answered by Deus Maxwell 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you can answer to these questions you surely are the wisest and the strongest person in the world:
who are you?
why do you exist?
and what was the purpose of your existence?
2006-10-27 09:34:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
being the wisest/most enlightend person ,by nature, means not taking the shortest path ...
2006-10-27 08:06:49 · answer #8 · answered by londonhawk 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dig your grave and lie in it, most die young. If they make it to being old they miss out on a normal life. Or be a scientist they catch a break sometimes!
2006-10-27 09:02:11 · answer #9 · answered by Travis James 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Become patient. Here are a few suggestions:
1. Humble yourself. Admit your ignorance before God and men. The wisest man knows how little he knows.
2. Discipline and moderate your passions. Do not go to excess in drink, food, entertainment, etc., and refrain from wrong deeds both in your private mind and in your social actions.
3. Ask forgiveness of those whom you have wronged in deed and, perhaps, even in thought. This furthers your own humility and justice for others.
4. Pray to God for wisdom. Even if you are an unbeliever, such a prayer will not go unanswered.
"Resplendent and unfading is Wisdom, and she is readily perceived by those who love her, and found by those who seek her.
She hastens to make herself known in anticipation of men's desire;
he who watches for her at dawn shall not be disappointed, for he shall find her sitting by his gate.
For taking thought of her is the perfection of prudence, and he who for her sake keeps vigil shall quickly be free from care;
Because she makes her own rounds, seeking those worthy of her, and graciously appears to them in the ways, and meets them with all solicitude.
For the first step toward discipline is a very earnest desire for her; then, care for discipline is love of her;
love means the keeping of her laws; To observe her laws is the basis for incorruptibility;
and incorruptibility makes one close to God;
thus the desire for Wisdom leads up to a kingdom."
-Wisdom of Solomon, 6:12
2006-10-27 08:30:17 · answer #10 · answered by Blaargh_42 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋