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 %BEING UNDERSTANDING WISE TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE LOVE 900923

     The essence of being wise and doing wise things  does
not   reside  in  technical  or  sophisticated  knowledge,
skills,   abilities,  etc.;  but rather in an  appropriate
balance  in  the  attention given to a  large  variety  of
considerations.  The essence of being wise and doing  wise
things   resides   more  in  not   excluding   appropriate
considerations,   than in how much any  one  consideration
dominates all considerations.

     Scientists  and  technocrats often exclude  reflexive
thoughts  from all of their considerations;  because  they
are  usually compulsively preoccupied with being and doing
objective  things.  To scientists and technocrats who  are
addicted to pure objective research, it is taboo to engage
in being and doing that which is reflexive, meditative and
prayerful;  for therein the dishonesty of their  collusive
games of mutual self deception would be unmasked.

     If it is taboo to abandon compulsive objectivity  for
a time in serene prayer and reflexive meditation,  then it
is  impossible to reflect upon the difference between wise
people  on  the one hand,  and on the other  hand  foolish
people  who  repeat  their mistakes over and over  in  the
manner of addicts and codependents.

     If  it  is  taboo to be reflexive because  it  is  of
ultimate importance to be objective at all times,  then it
is  taboo to understand the difference between wisdom  and
foolishness.  People who do not understand that difference
are foolish; and engage in tragic behavior patterns---even
though   they  may  be  very  knowledgeable,   technically
competent,    and   skilled  in  successful  patterns   of
manipulative behavior.

     Tragic   behavior   is  not  avoided   through   much
knowledge,   technology,  sophistication and  manipulative
skill. Avoiding tragic behavior is not a technical problem
to  be  solved through the use of techniques.   Only  wise
people who engage in serene meditation which is openly and
honestly  reflexive,   and which participates in the  Holy
Spirit avoid tragic behavior.

     People who are wise know the nature and the character
of  love  which  is  not  based  upon  large  amounts   of
knowledge,  techniques,  skills, resources,  etc.  Love is
concerned  with  not  excluding  that which  needs  to  be
included;   and  is not concerned with collecting a  great
amount of any one kind of thing or reality as the  essence
of  having  what  is needful.  Love is  concerned  with  a
healthy  balance,  not with having much of the right stuff
in  any exclusive sort of way.  Scientists and technocrats
often  seek  to be acceptable by what  they  exclude  from
considerations  by  honoring professional  taboos.   Their
paradigm inhibits wisdom and inhibits the understanding of
wisdom   by   inhibiting  reflexive  behavior   which   is
essentially  not objective.  They do not seek  to  promote
wise reflexive behavior in their formal training programs;
and  so by their neglect they perpetuate their taboos  and
dishonest collusions while being empowered by public taxes
collected  from people who are scientifically  illiterate.
How are the scientifically illiterate to defend themselves
against such taxation without representation?

     It is human to neglect to give adequate attention  to
those  considerations  which embarrass us by exposing  our
dishonesty.    Through   such  neglect  we  exclude   such
embarrassing considerations from our daily activities, and
so   fail  to  maintain  a  healthy  balance;   and  as  a
consequence of our neglect we become less and less able to
recognize  our  neglect,   and  the  consequences  of  our
neglect.  All processes which grow in proportion to  their
existing  extent  are processes which  grow  exponentially
until   some  environmental  catastrophe  terminates   the
conditions which promotes the growth.  The lack of balance
in  graduate schools of science-research-education is  the
result  and the cause of such an unbalanced process  which
is  not  wise and generates tragic consequences which  are
invisible to the participants.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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