Æ: May the Wisdom Be With You

An Excerpt From My Newly Released Work ‘The Little Book of Big Questions’

Last week I finished the cover-artwork and the overall design, and after my wife was done with the proofreading, I submitted my work to Amazon Kindle. The Little Book Of Big Questions is now available for your to dive into — in e-book & paperback edition.

Note: The minerals that grow out of the lady’s head on the cover-image are based on the beautiful amethyst’s crystal structures. Amethyst is often said to have meditative healing qualities, and can be used to improve the mind and reduce stress. Also, the crystal & its color is associated with the crown chakra.

I wanted to share with you the introduction of the book here on Medium.

If you feel called to, please check out the book here — it’s the shortest one I’ve ever written but the one that will take you the longest to read because it delves into a profound dialogue with you, the reader.

The goal of the book is to give you a tool-set — questions and insights — that may leave you a changed person.

If done with care, I believe you might be able to step away from the book with a new perspective on life, and you might observe the world through a different set of eyes— maybe you have gained a deeper connection to your soul and, who knows, perhaps you will even feel like you have found your purpose in life and reignited your inner wisdom!

This leads us to the introduction of the book:

Wisdom.

What does it mean?

WISDOM is something that is difficult to define.

It seems to be a natural source of insight in some, and appears to be blocked in others.

It is a source that is found within but can be cultivated through accessing external information.

If external information is gathered — perceived, analyzed, interpreted and reiterated upon — then the gates of true inner knowingness can open up, ready to move you closer to the floorplan of your soul’s blueprint.

The cultivation-process can sometimes get one confused about the inherent differences between wisdom and knowledge.

To state it clearly: Wisdom is not knowledge.

But it certainly can be enhanced, uncovered or (and this might be shocking to some) diminished by knowledge.

Take the established school system for instance: In many ways it does not aid the child to be a student of life but merely to be a student of rigid societally-embedded structures that mostly serve the purpose of increasing and harnessing theoretical knowledge and facts as well as following a route that sets one up for the system at large.

The ‘system’ is not made to enhance one’s inner gifts and talents and certainly does not encourage students to lean into their natural propensities and follow their mind’s individual interests, their heart’s passions and their soul’s inclinations.

The human experience is thus led onto a path of restriction, unnecessary complication and individuals are not motivated to dive into the oceanic possibilities of their unique, self-created and self-enhanced journey — with all its ups and downs.

Becoming part of the school system means to become inevitably locked into the confined structures of anachronistic mind-patterns (originating in a few ‘regulatory’ agents residing at the top of the chain), regulations that propose rigid world-views and curricula that promote academic elitism…

Above all else, the separation of society is increased by means of programming ‘values’ of a shallow nature into the ‘neural networks’ of the students. Values, such as the omnipresent, sometimes more, sometimes less subtle connotation of “achieving higher education in order to rank higher in the social hierarchy” are added to the mix.

For some, this even means to rank higher in the food-chain, or to be situated in a better position to receive luxury and comfort.

It does not have to be added that the established system obviously leads to an invisible class-system and does not concur with a wholesome vision of a New Earth.

We might consider the scenario of a large group of people aiming to change the system for the better in a large-scale, yet individually tailored practical manner: Such a scenario inevitably evokes images of a revolutionary, oftentimes forceful nature and transports our mind into a field of confusion.

Brute force and subversive methods are not based on a life-affirming, unifying intent but on egoic convictions, suppressed pain and hate.

A procedure, or rather: a movement that would involve universally life-affirming traits is foundationally different from the revolutions and rebellions that history shows many accounts of.

Force is obviously not in alignment with a positive, constructive and overall loving worldview.

This is not part of the soul’s desire to better the world but part of the mind’s compulsion to leave a mark on it — no matter if good or bad.

How does wisdom play into all of that?

Well, it is part of the whole, like everything else is. But this answer will most probably not satisfy you. So, to put it into a more practical framework: The wisdom inside your very essence can be uncovered through deliberate practice — introspection, contemplation, journaling, meditation, and of course reading and engaging with material that seems to be outside your usual field of occupation or ‘expertise’.

Wisdom is neither a fist that aims to punch you into depression nor is it a force that propels you into an endless spiral of successive doubts that can only derail you from your true path, and the purpose connected to that path.

Wisdom, if unveiled within the light of consciousness, does the opposite:

It brightens up your path, directs you towards your innate soulful desires and preferences, and can help you heal your inner child.

It enhances your experience as a human being and thereby opens up the capacity to enhance other people’s experience in the world.

Wisdom is part of your essence, part of your intrinsic truth, part of your heart’s power — and therefore part of the guiding principles of a wholesome, fulfilling way of being in the world.

The universe offers us glimpses into the wisdom contained within the soma of every living being, thing and consciousness itself.

Wisdom is an essential part of consciousness.

Wisdom is deeper than knowledge.

Wisdom is a guiding principle.

The very nature of the words in this work revolves around the subject of wisdom and everything connected to your innate capabilities to be conscious and aware, and to share your truth with yourself and the world.

The Little Book Of Big Questions is designed in a way that will urge you to go inside, practice mindful introspection, and to enhance your connection to your essence.

Thank you for reading, fellow soul! 💚

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