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Topic: Quimby Wisdom Section: 14 - Chapter 03, Part 01 - The Light of Wisdom Table of Contents to this Topic |
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The Light of Wisdom The principle that never moves The two characters: wisdom and opinion, stand before each other, and the people choose the one they will obey, just as they do in national affairs. Awake from your lethargy. Come to the light of Wisdom. Man's happiness is in himself. Life is eternal, Life is Wisdom. Wisdom is progression. Its enemy is ignorance. Seek Wisdom. Believe no man's opinion. As God is Wisdom, Wisdom is Science. Our beliefs, thoughts and opinions can change. So when we say a person never changes, it is as much as to say he is only a brute. Then what is it that does not change? It is the Principle that never moves. It is that which says, when we have found out something new: "Why did you not find it out before?" It says to us when we are investigating certain mathematical truths: "This truth has always existed," and we believe it. This something is Wisdom. Wisdom is the true man and error the counterfeit. When Wisdom governs matter, all goes well. When error directs, all goes wrong. Here is the conflict: whether man's opinion is to rule, or his wisdom. How many persons are there in this city who get up in the morning and pass the day without gaining enough wisdom to last them till nine o'clock? No man should have any credit over his fellow men unless he shows some superiority over the errors of his age. The man who is rich in this world's goods to the exclusion of some scientific capital cannot travel in the world of Science with his money. Wisdom contains no opinion or selfishness. Like charity, Wisdom has no ill will towards its neighbor, but--like the rays of the sun--is always ready to impart heat to all who will come to the light. The Wisdom that acts upon the mind is something that never has been described by a language, but is looked upon as a superior power." This power gives rise to all religious opinions. Man has tried to condense it into a being called "God," and he worships it. Opinions are like a shadow-- The true substance is God. True wisdom is attached to the substance, False wisdom to the shadow. This world is the shadow of Wisdom's amusements. |
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