When/how does Knowledge transform into Wisdom ?

Answer 1

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Knowledge is but the messenger that calls you to wisdom, but it is not wisdom. One can gain knowledge, but one does not seek wisdom - one meets it when one often least expects it and recognizes it as kindred. Knowledge puts us in the way of wisdom, but wisdom is experiential; it is a truth one recognizes in the external world that already resides in the internal one. One cannot *learn* wisdom - one must awaken it. Knowledge gives you the tools but never mistake the tools for the treasure. I find that most religions preach the tools and talk wisdom to death trying to reduce it for swift and easy consumption. Shun this habit. Kahlil Gibran said that height and depth are nearer to each other than the mid ground. Do not be mislead - there are no fast-food outlets for wisdom. Simplicity is best understood as we find the endless connections in complexity. Simplicity cannot be found in one prophet, one book, one religion or one school of study. It is found in all of life by learning from everything - people, books, experiences, pain and pleasure, this age and ages past. My father once said that people can learn from anything, even off of the back of a can of peas.



To seek wisdom outside oneself is to isolate oneself from the divine within and isolate oneself from all those people who have experienced the divine within themselves. It is a very different thing to say you believe the divine in all things and actually experience this to be true. It is a very different thing to say you accept the divine in you while you continue to treat yourself as subservient to divinity.



Western religions impose divinity upon their followers with promises of pleasure and pain. They also demand humility from our subservient, sinful selves. Pride is a sin and we must minimize ourselves in the name of gratitude. We are impure and imperfect and dare not face the gods. We kneel, we prostrate ourselves, we proclaim our unworthiness.



Pagan wisdom would have us stand tall before the gods in recognition that we are vessels of their blessings. We are vessels of their gifts and the gift of life they bestow on us. Pagan wisdom would have us fully experience the greatness that lies within us and asks us to awaken that greatness as a tribute to the gods. Then we may stand proud of our *efforts* to unearth our greater selves, even as we are acutely aware that we do not author the treasure. We acknowledge the material that we mine is their *gift* to us. Even our ability to do this is their gift to us. Thus, we comprehend the full capacity of humanity with gratitude. Where each person struggles to accomplish this, is not knowing just how to unearth our greater selves. I will tell you, it can never be done by petitioning the gods to do the work for you. It is the single reason we were placed on earth, to achieve this ourselves.



Knowledge is intellectual - wisdom is divine. The more you seek knowledge (all knowledge) the more wisdom you will experience. But as my youngest daughter taught me when she was only fourteen, knowledge and wisdom use two completely different organs to communicate to you. One is known, the other felt. The divine speaks to us through the spirit, not the mind. Knowledge is only the doorway to wisdom, unless you are a prophet or a madman. But do not envy their seeming ease of access, they do not live long nor do they live well.



When wisdom is revealed to you - it does not explain itself - it reveals itself full blown, like manna from heaven on a silver platter. It awakens within as an all encompassing flood of warm illumination or like a bolt of lightning that shocks or stuns you. This is why the sages call it enlightenment. Wisdom does not need digesting, deliberating, debating or dissecting by doubt or reason. It breathes within you as calm surety and perfect peace. It is then that you recognize intellectually that this knowledge has always been with you, just waiting for you find it. From head to toe, you have everything you need to become extraordinary.


This flaw in Western versus Eastern philosophy, of imposing divinity upon their followers, requires followers to be trained in how to experience the divine. They teach god as external - outside of humanity, living in some spiritual realm. They teach their followers that to internalize god is the goal of life and that this can only be done through knowledge: scripture (words), law (words), and prayerful petition (words). Many followers fail to achieve this divine goal because knowledge is the language of humans. This failure is evidenced the past 50 years by the slow recession of devotees. Eastern philosophy teaches that the divine resides only in the living - only in life - only in you. Eastern philosophers are born achieving the goal of Western philosophy. While you live, you are the caretaker of the divine within you. Knowledge tells you that your capacity to love is your proof that the soul exists and your soul is proof of the divine exists. However, love is not an intellectual experience; this alone should tell you which vehicle the divine uses to reveal wisdom.



There is wisdom in Nature and knowledge in Scholarship. Nature teaches us what works and what doesn't work. Knowledge teaches us how to use our senses, how to observe nature, how to evaluate it, how to record life lessons, and how others before us did the same. We first learn wisdom in life by experience, (usually painful experience) and then as we grow, we recognize wisdom in life by example. Through knowledge and wisdom, we eliminate fear, which produces understanding. We begin to understand who we are and why we are here. We recognize with generosity, others stumbling while seeking their way, and develop a keen awareness and love for the miracle that is all Life - and that includes oneself.



There is no short-cut. Wisdom is a life long experience. You must seek knowledge to awaken wisdom. The more we know, the more we realize how much we don't know. The wiser we grow, the more wisdom we sense is yet to be discovered. With each step, we grow larger in each other´s sight, we grow larger in the sight of the gods, and it follows, the gods grow larger within us. Experiencing this knowledge, we find true humility and peace from the inside out.
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Answer 2

Imagine a candle lit and enclosed in a box. The candle would be of no use. To use it, we have to take the candle out of the enclosure and let the light spread.

It's the same with knowledge. It's of no use if concealed within oneself. Proper use of the knowledge is wisdom. The moment we come out of few barriers developed in our minds and apply the knowledge to the best purposes, it's transformed into wisdom.

Like we know what is right and what is wrong. We know when to speak and when to keep quiet. We know that a poor mans need for a penny is more important than a rich mans need for a buck. We know that seeking to satisfy our desires without understanding the values of people around us is wrong. Yet we don't imply our knowledge correctly. Instead we prefer to ignore the knowledge, conceal it, hide it behind the walls. We call thes acts of egotism, selfishness, lust as liberty/freedom/rights. We have the knowledge, but are not wise.

To be wise we have to apply the knowledge beyond our own individual zones. So widen your perspectives and spread the light...

I hope I was able to explain well.

All the best...

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Answer 3

Knowledge becomes wisdom when we are able to use our knowledge in a situation for which we acquired the knowledge. For example I learnt that worry does not help then when confronted with a problem I should adhere to the knowledge that worry does not help. If am able to stick to this principle in life then this knowledge is wisdom. Besides we should practically learn to accept that God is the doer and we must love all - friends or foes

Answer 4

Knowledge may or maynot transform into wisdom. Only thing I can say is that Wisdom is superior to knowledge, and wisdom is necessary for a happy and fulfilling life. Knowledge sometimes makes your head heavy and fills u with false pride and ego. Knowledge is very narrow and does not answer all the problems of life and existence. whereas wisdom is creative, knowledge could be creative or destructive.

Answer 5

Knowledge transforms into wisdom, when you throw it with humbleness to the lotus feet of a divine personality.

It is the knowledge that is doing all the harm to us. So keep it a secret until you meet a true saint, and then throw it to him to receive his grace.

Answer 6

It is the maturity in ones thinking , that turns ordinary knowledge into wisdom.
We know about the sayings of all great men . They all had not said anything new . The way they had said , turned everyday knowledge into words of great wisdom. They had that foresight and practical philosophy which turned their sayings into golden words or testaments(time tested comments).
Of course , it depends upon the listener's ability also to comprehend and grasp the full meanings of these great sayings. To differentiate between wise and selfish preachings.

Answer 7

THIS IS THE RIGHT ANSWER: Knowledge doesn't transform into wisdom. Wisdom transforms into knowlegde. It goes like this:
Wisdom ------- Understanding ------- Knowledge.
First comes wisdom. First comes that 'spark', where you have a revelation, where you grasp something. Then comes understanding - where you comprehend the point; break it down, understand it. Knowledge is development of that thought, it is the application of it.

Answer 8

Integrity. For what good is plenty psychological expertise and know-how, if those are no longer used for good intentions and applications? persons and society can purely income and prosper from the know-how of truthful people who do no longer take great element approximately others by using their particular or better expertise. There might then no longer be circumstances of people who've been cheated, or the cave in of economic institutions. And know-how, tempered with integrity will make certain that there is solidarity, peace and lots that ought to certainly bless each kinfolk, group, employer, society or govt. this is using a loss of people who society those days is rampant with dysfunctional families, commercial crimes, prevalent corruption, ineffective governments and failure of economic platforms, which bring about economic downturns, loss of jobs and human suicides. Decline of a civilization would possibly initiate whilst Mankind reaches a intense diploma of damaging, and wicked ethical and ethical values.

Answer 9

Lets start with Psalms 111: 111:10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do [his commandments]: his praise endureth for ever.
In John 14:15 it states "IF" You Love me [THEN] Keep my commandments, when we Love Him enough to Keep His commandments, when we understand that God [The Father] "SO" Loved us that He gave us Jesus, when we understand "IF" We will BE-LIVE in Him and DO WHAT GOD SAYS then we have a proper respect [fear] of God and out of love do what He says we prove the Knowledge of God is not without effect and WE DO then we show we have wisdom in Rev. 22:12 Jesus when He returns will reward eachone according to there WORKS shall be, find out more free bible lessons www.amazingfacts.org God bless talk to me also [e-mail]

Answer 10

knowledge is knowledge, i could know how to hit myself with a bottle but it does not make it wise,
wisdom is knowledge that is benificial to your soul.
so to answer your question, knowledge is transformed into wisdom when it is useful knowledge and can be beneficial to your life and others.

Answer 11

in my opinion when we use our knowledge practically and see what other says


Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. -- Jimi Hendrix

Knowledge is convertible into power... But knowledge itself is not Power. Wisdom is Power. -- Albert Pike

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. -- Lord Alfred Tennyson