Michael Meade: Wisdom Hides Where Most People Prefer Not To Go

Wisdom does indeed involve a necessary descent into the depths of our lives. These times, I believe, ask of us all to deepen in our spiritual lives and how it is that heal and awaken and feed our hearts and the hearts of others. May courage be contagious. - Molly

Wisdom is always valuable because it remains hard to find; like the pearl of the self it hides where most people prefer not to go. Unlike information that can never really add up to much and unlike knowledge that can become overly bright, wisdom combines darkness and light. Wisdom can reveal the light hidden in dark times; but it requires that we face the darkness in ourselves. People may desire pearls of wisdom, yet most are unwilling to descend to the depths where the pearls wait to be found. Wisdom involves a necessary descent into the depths of life, for that alone can produce “lived knowledge” and a unified vision.

- Michael Meade, 

From Fate and Destiny

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