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Real knowledge, or what is better called wisdom, is not a triumph over mystery but a rapport with the mystery—and with the meaning for which it stands.
-Approaching God, The Way of Abraham Joshua Heschel, John C. Merkle
Dante had become a not unfamiliar figure in Verona. Boccaccio tells of several Veronese ladies who saw him walking by one day. They were struck and a little frightened by his appearance, his face fixed in gloom and smudged as though by soot, his beard bristling as though tinged with fire. He seemed, they thought, a character emerging from his own Inferno.
-R. W. B. Lewis, Dante; A Life
Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue. ~ Buddha.
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"If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another. If you wish to know that you are safe, cause another to know that they are safe. If you wish to better understand seemingly incomprehensible things, help another to better understand. If you wish to heal your own sadness or anger, seek to heal the sadness or anger of another."
Dalai Lama
Wisdom is like the rain. Its source is limitless, but it comes down according to the season.
By Rumi.
Seeing a green heron can symbolize patience, wisdom, and the ability to adapt to different situations, according to some spiritual perspectives on bird symbolism. They are often associated with stillness, observing surroundings before acting, and perseverance. In some traditions, herons in general, are seen as symbols of transformation and solitude.
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"It is a mark of wisdom not to kick away the very step from which we have risen higher. The removal of one step from a staircase brings down the whole of it."
Mahatma Gandhi
I have met semi-literate village intellectuals with a lot of wisdom and highly educated scholars not in control of their motivations. The relationship between wisdom and knowledge is a tricky one. Let us try this formulation: wisdom without knowledge is an impossibility, knowledge without wisdom is vacuous. The point here really is the definition of knowledge or, more precisely, the privileging of a certain type of knowledge (let us call it, for lack of a better term, the academic variety) over other types. Such other types may be emotional knowledge, or social and cultural abilities. The whole sector of artistic expression should be mentioned as well. Just to make the point again: wisdom is based on knowledge, it is not a "return to childhood". So, little cherub, go out into this world and make yourself knowledgeable, you might get wisdom, too. Leica M 246 Mono, Leitz Elmar 4/135.
The photo was taken at the Cais das Colunas (Lisbon, Portugal), a small and popular wharf at the Tagus estuary.
Couldn't resist going back to this old tree. The water level is constantly changing in the lakes around here so opportunities come and go with the weather. I haven't caught the light just right yet. I will keep trying, you never know I might just get lucky. Thanks for looking!!! Well maybe I did catch the light just right. Thank you all for the wonderful comments!!!!
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One of my favorite images from my trip last month to the swamps in Texas. These cypress trees have been around for a long time and have seen a lot.
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.' Proverbs 10:6
By three methods we may learn wisdom:
First, by reflection, which is noblest;
Second, by imitation, which is easiest;
and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
Confucius
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It was not only in Nazareth that the “today” of the Gospel was not accepted. Later also, in the course of the church’s history, it has again and again been denied or rendered toothless. The reason was the same as in Nazareth: apparently it goes against the human grain for God to become concrete in our lives. Then people’s desires and favorite notions are in danger, and so are their ideas about time. It can’t be today, because that would mean that our lives have to change today already. Therefore God’s salvation is better delayed into the future. There it can lie, hygienically and snugly packed, at rest, inconsequential.
-Jesus of Nazareth Gerhard Lohfink Jesus of Nazareth What He Wanted, Who He Was Translated by Linda M. Maloney
"Tree of Wisdom" ---- Panoramic view of our Milky Way Galaxy over this Ancient Native American burial mound.
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This metal canopy in the Awen’ art sculpture has a design named wisdom. It is the top layer in the forest canopy as in the ancient trees that have wisdom. The design on the poles are all shadows from sun coming through the metal canopies.
Desde fuera, Santa Sofía no intenta seducir. Es un bloque imponente, reforzado por contrafuertes, que parece más preocupado por resistir que por impresionar. Pero basta con cruzar sus puertas para que el tiempo se diluya y el asombro se imponga. Su grandeza no está en las proporciones externas, sino en el espacio que contiene: un interior que desafía, incluso hoy, la lógica de lo posible.
Inaugurada en el año 537, esta es la tercera versión del templo. Las dos anteriores sucumbieron a las revueltas populares, pero la versión 3.0 no solo resistió, sino que cambió la historia de la arquitectura. Para concebir semejante prodigio hicieron falta un físico y un matemático: Isidoro de Mileto y Antemio de Tralles. No se limitaron a diseñar un edificio; imaginaron lo inconcebible para su época.
Los innumerables terremotos que ha sufrido Estambul han intentado derribarla, pero ahí sigue. Y su cúpula sigue siendo el prodigio más evidente: 31,87 metros de diámetro, suspendida a 56,6 metros de altura, flotando como por arte de magia sobre un anillo de ventanas. Durante casi mil años, Santa Sofía fue el edificio religioso más grande del mundo. Lo más asombroso es que, pese a sus dimensiones, no abruma. Todo en ella —la luz, las proporciones, la acústica— está pensado para elevar, no para aplastar.
Para su construcción se emplearon algunos de los materiales más preciosos del mundo antiguo, y todavía se percibe. Columnas de mármol traídas de Éfeso, pórfido de Egipto, piedra verde de Tesalia, ónice de Frigia... Un catálogo de imperios antiguos al servicio de la nueva Roma. Todo fue elegido para deslumbrar.
Y si algo detiene el paso, son los mosaicos. Dorados, delicados, suspendidos en el tiempo, sobreviven como fragmentos de una gloria que fue bizantina, que fue cristiana, que fue imperial. Algunos permanecen cubiertos; otros asoman tímidamente entre yesos y restauraciones. Todos hablan un idioma que mezcla fe, arte y poder. Es imposible no quedarse en silencio ante el Cristo Pantocrátor o la emperatriz Zoe ofreciendo sus dones celestiales.
Hoy, tras su reconversión en mezquita, ya no se puede visitar libremente la planta baja. Y eso significa que uno de los rincones más curiosos ha quedado fuera del alcance de los visitantes: la famosa “columna que llora”, siempre húmeda, envuelta en leyendas. Se dice que si introduces el dedo en su orificio y este sale mojado, tus deseos serán cumplidos. Otros creen que sus aguas tienen poderes curativos. Según la tradición, la columna llora de pena por el sultán Vedud y fue creada, nada menos, con la saliva del profeta Mahoma.
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From the outside, Hagia Sophia doesn’t try to seduce. It’s an imposing mass, reinforced with buttresses, more concerned with endurance than with display. But step through its doors, and time dissolves. Awe takes over. Its greatness doesn’t lie in its outer proportions, but in the space it holds within—a space that, even today, defies the logic of what should be possible.
Inaugurated in 537, this is the third version of the building. The two previous ones fell victim to popular uprisings, but version 3.0 not only survived—it changed the course of architectural history. It took a physicist and a mathematician to conceive such a marvel: Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles. They didn’t just design a building; they imagined the unimaginable.
The many earthquakes that have shaken Istanbul tried to bring it down, but Hagia Sophia still stands. And its dome remains its most extraordinary feature: 31.87 meters in diameter, suspended 56.6 meters above the ground, seemingly floating on a ring of windows. For nearly a thousand years, it was the largest religious building in the world. What’s most astonishing is that, despite its scale, it doesn’t overwhelm. Everything—its light, proportions, and acoustics—seems designed to uplift rather than oppress.
The materials used in its construction were among the most precious of the ancient world, and that richness is still felt. Marble columns from Ephesus, porphyry from Egypt, green stone from Thessaly, onyx from Phrygia... a catalogue of ancient empires placed at the service of the new Rome. Every detail was chosen to dazzle.
And if anything stops you in your tracks, it’s the mosaics. Golden, delicate, suspended in time—they survive as fragments of a glory that was Byzantine, Christian, imperial. Some remain covered, others peek out timidly from beneath plaster and restorations. They speak a language of faith, art, and power. It’s impossible not to fall silent before the image of Christ Pantocrator, or Empress Zoe offering her celestial gifts to the Redeemer.
Today, since its reconversion into a mosque, the ground floor is no longer freely accessible. That means one of the building’s most curious features is now out of reach: the famous “weeping column,” always moist, wrapped in legend. It’s said that if you insert your finger into the hole and it comes out wet, your wishes will come true. Others believe its waters have healing powers. According to tradition, the column weeps in sorrow for Sultan Vedud, and was created using the saliva of the Prophet Muhammad.