I would like to introduce you to the best quotes I found at Gaia and on the web concerning knowledge VS wisdom:

• Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. Immanuel Kant
• Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life. Sandra Carey
• Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification. Dr. Henry Fischer
• These days people seek knowledge, not wisdom. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future.  Vernon Cooper 

Well, after reading those quotes over and over again I would be tempted to say that some knowledge is important to get wise ...
And if I quote Eckhart Tolle, the more knowledge you have, the more wisdom you need to stop labeling things and enjoy everything "as it is" ...

Oh, and I have another one: ... and this one is sooo true!
The biggest difficulty with mankind today is that our knowledge has increased so much faster than our wisdom. Frank Whitmore

If you ever wonder what Eckhart Tolle has to do with Centerpoint .... well, here's the answer !

www.masteringthepowerofnow.com/

"Seven world-famous spiritual teachers reveal powerful information and practical steps you can take right now to experience the spiritual awakening described by Eckhart Tolle in A New Earth, The Power of Now, and his online lessons with Oprah. "

What? you missed the Oprah lessons?! I really recommend you to go thru them - it was an amazing and helpfull experience with loads of insights and aha moments.

Back to mastering the power of now. Oh, the teachers?

• Genpo Roshi, creator of the Big Mind process, a method for quickly experiencing profound transcendent states of awareness (what Tolle calls Presence) usually taking decades to master...
• World-famous philosopher, author, spiritual teacher, and founder of Integral Institute and the Integral Spiritual Center, Ken Wilber...
• Renowned spiritual teacher and meditation master, Diane Hamilton...
• Enlightenment teachers, authors, and workshop leaders, Saniel Bonder and Linda Groves-Bonder...
• Sally Kempton, Yoga Journal columnist and one of today's most insightful and experienced teachers of meditation and spiritual growth...
• And , Bill Harris, Director of Centerpointe Research Institute and creator of Holosync meditation technology.

I invte you to join me on this course if you have time and why not go over to the power of now pod and join the discussion :-)

Independence? …an old ideal, old values, … no longer worth half of what it meant when nations declared independence in the old days … surely an important act during those periods of time … but today? We know, or rather should know, that we are all dependent from each other … this word doesn't mean anything to me.

In fact, quite interesting reflection: Our biggest independence as a WHOLE, as ONE, will be achieved the day we realize that we all depend from each other … :-)

 
Freedom by Diana Calvario

With ALL sorts of people as always ... and I am thankful for this. I love the melting pot of friends from different cultures and different consciousness levels I am surrounded with. This is such a wonderful experience.

I remember this was a challenge when I was in my late teens because I liked to hang around with all sorts of people and I was constantly being asked by my friends ... how can you hang out with those people ... I heard this from both sides of course and sometimes it made me sad that I could not bring those groups together.

One day I realized what a rich experience i was having by hanging out with completely different kinds of mentalities and that in fact I was the most lucky person ! From this day on, I never ever tried to bring together my different friends since for me it was a great experience to live in different communities, surrounded by different thinking people and at the end come to the conclusion that we are all ONE!

Our "pain body" !
 

For those of you not familiar with Eckhart Tolle here's the best and suitable explanation about the "pain body" I found on the web:

"First, there is the field of complete consciousness.

This then expresses itself in an organic form.

From here it loses itself in organizing the physical environment around it.

It begins to split into mind, and mind then splits into ego, and ego then believes itself the origin of consciousness.

As ego, arising from thoughts of limitations, fractures itself against obstacles, it develops what Eckhart Tolle calls the pain-body.

The pain-body then becomes an unconscious entity within. It seeks to feed on pain to survive. It makes a person feel pain and it causes this person to inflict pain on others."

Source: Saleem Rana -  Reflections On Eckhart Tolle's Concept Of The Pain-Body

What follows next to that is that you start labelling everything as good and bad, as right or wrong ... and you continue feeding your ego with "how right you are about what you think" and how bad and/or wrong the other person is ...

Well, living in this daily battle with our "pain body" is for me the main reason why we have trouble connecting with others.

The story of humanity ... where it lead us and where it is going to lead us. Is global consciousness, as mentioned by contemporary philosophers, going to be humanity's salvation. Are WE going to win at the end and save Gaia and ourselves? I don't think that I will live long enough to get an answer ... a never ending story?

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