Inspiring words from Tom Atlee at The Co-Intelligence Institute PO Box 493 Eugene, OR 97440
http://www.co-intelligence.org
Wisdom is applied appreciation of the wholeness of life.
Someone or something (see below) is wise to the extent it arises from and embraces life's wholeness. Through wisdom we become vehicles or channels for wholeness on behalf of life.
Some of the CHARACTERISTICS that mark wisdom are:
* It embraces the BIG PICTURE -- in any situation, it seeks to take into consideration the long term, the full story, both objective and subjective worlds, holistic and system sciences, Spirit, context, and other deep, broad realities.
* It uses MULTIPLE WAYS OF KNOWING -- for example, it uses heart, intuition, story and spirit as well as facts and reason -- and often arises out of authentic dialogue among diverse people or perspectives.
* It is INCLUSIVE AND OPEN -- to diversity, novelty, otherness, nuance, disturbance, and other things that are often ignored, excluded or suppressed, thus being particularly fair and comprehensive in its approaches and mindful that "there is always more to it than that."
