Question: Why should we not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance? Why is a popular thing not necessarily the better? Answer: This is a difficult question, as it will be collective wisdom, a new collective intelligence which will pull us out of the present crisis, and help us build a new society, which … More The Useful Collective Wisdom
Question: When you decided to become a Writer, was it something that you thought you would struggle with or felt that you had in you as an natural talent? Answer: Interestingly I never actually prepared to become a writer, thus I didn’t struggle with it. I also never thought, and I still don’t think I … More The Obligation To Write
Question: What is something nobody can truly understand until they’ve experienced it for themselves? Answer: There is a beautiful saying, “none as wise as the experienced”. There is nothing we can truly understands until we actually go through it. True understanding is called attainment when the direct, tangible, “tasted” emotional impressions from the actual experience … More None As Wise As The Experienced
Question: Grandparents have a wealth of experience, knowledge, and wisdom accumulated. Since each generation seems to make the same mistakes or learn the hard way, what is the best way to learn from elders and apply their wisdom? Answer: On one hand I fully share your sentiment about the wisdom, experience of elders. On the … More Searching For True Wisdom
Question: How true is it when someone says “I’ve forgotten more than you’ll ever know” on a subject? When someone is an expert on something isn’t that because they are able to retain, as much as, possible on a subject? Answer: Yes this is what we instinctively think according to our inherently self -justifying, egocentric … More The Wise Knows Nothing, But Passes On Everything
Question: How do you recognize true wisdom? Answer: True Wisdom doesn’t belong to anybody. It is Nature’s infinite wisdom that we can attain, “download” when we – in a unique, mutually supportive, mutually complementing environment – empty ourselves of our own previously accumulated, egocentric, subjective knowledge. For this attainment we have to become similar to … More True Wisdom
Question: Why does the wisest person in the world claim to know the least? Answer: Because the “wisest person” knows that knowledge, Wisdom is not ours. We are born with an inherently egocentric, self-serving, subjective consciousness and perception of reality, which gives us a very limited and distorted picture of reality. Our whole “proud” Western … More The Wise Person Knows…
Question: Are knowledge and understanding the same? Answer: Knowledge is simply stuffing data into our memory. Understanding is when we already know how to use, what to do with that data in a practical manner. But then there is an even higher level: attainment. It means that we don’t only use the data, but we … More Knowledge, Understanding, Attainment
Question: Can too much knowledge be a bad thing for people? Answer: Yes, too much knowledge through our inherently self-serving, egoistic, subjective mind is very bad, as we use it for our own sake to the detriment of others. This is why we keep on running into crisis and keep destroying our civilisations. Instead we … More Useful Wisdom
Question: What are moments when you felt or feel proud (or happy) to be part of the Jewish nation? Answer: There are many reasons. I think the existence and prosperity of the State of Israel is enough to make one proud. But what makes me most proud is our unique, irreplaceable, evolutionary role in Humanity: … More The Jewish Role In Tikkun Olam
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