Wisdoms from the Journey - Vol VIII (Jan thru Oct 2014)

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“I'm grateful to intelligent people, and by that I don’t mean educated people or intellectual people. I mean truly intelligent people; what old black people used to call those with 'mother wit' – the pure intelligence that we all have while in our mother's womb. That's the intelligence we all need to rely on … We already know what's Right to do.” ~ inspired by Maya Angelou 4
An Introduction to what Follows Everyone ends up collecting something as they journey through Life … For me, I simply ended up being drawn – while searching for “the truth” – to collect Truths. Now, ideological “truth” is a funny thing; slippery according to circumstance and very hard to pin down once captured … As such, it is very unlike Wisdom, which is constant -- obvious and tangible and plain and unchanging. Indeed (in-deed), even though we have been taught that Truth and Wisdom are “kissing cousins”, in actuality they couldn’t be more different. “Truth” is conceptual, while Wisdom is verifiable … “Truth” is knowledge – a noun, while Wisdom is the setting that knowledge into harmonious motion – a verb … “Truth” ponders & theorizes & hypothesizes, while Wisdom simply identifies what functions … “Truth” might delineate our choices, and yet it is Wisdom that guides us towards making good ones … “Truth” is intellectual; accumulating information and defining meanings. Wisdom is practical; making “facts” (and therefore Life itself) Meaning-full … “Truth” changes over time – contracting as old information is found lacking & expanding as new information is found to bear “Good Fruit”, while Wisdom remains the constant bellwether through which those evolutions ensue … “Truth” is a powerful tool – one that is utterly useless (and even drastically dangerous) unless skillfully used in harmony with acquired Wisdom … In essence, as one scholar once put it: “Truth is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is knowing not to put tomatoes into fruit salad.” As such, it is the former – “Truth” – that I have gently abandoned as “false”, and it is the latter – “Wisdom” – that I have repeatedly rediscovered to be True. And so it is that while I do most humbly and most publicly now declare that I most certainly do not have access to anything resembling “the Truth”, I most certainly have acquired access to a set of principles & values that – to the degree that they are courageously applied & enlivened – always prove to be Wise. And it is these same principles & values that are represented by the words & images contained in the pages that follow … May you each receive much Peace while reading them &/or gazing upon them, and may at least a few of them inspire you to go forth and know the Bliss that only comes to those who choose to put their Goodness into motion. Amen … Let it be so. Scaughdt December 8, 2014 5
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Page 3: Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but
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Page 9 and 10: Life, too, in the Desert … (01/24
Page 11 and 12: *We need Trolls to publicly stand u
Page 13 and 14: Being the Light … (01/25/2014) Mo
Page 15 and 16: On the Road to Now … (01/28/2014)
Page 17 and 18: Our gentle Sun … (02/01/2014) "Th
Page 19 and 20: Shine LOVE anyway … (02/04/2014)
Page 21 and 22: Getting off the fence … (02/06/20
Page 23 and 24: On being Care-full … (02/10/2014)
Page 25 and 26: Dancing in the Rain … (02/13/2014
Page 27 and 28: Transcending Death … (02/16/2014)
Page 29 and 30: Knowing real Freedom … (02/27/201
Page 31 and 32: Today, though I am saddened by the
Page 33 and 34: And after many days of walking -- a
Page 35 and 36: Seeing the Splendor … (03/02/2014
Page 37 and 38: Real LOVE … (03/17/2014) "Real LO
Page 39 and 40: May you BE … (03/21/2014) May you
Page 41 and 42: The Maverick Soul … (04/10/2014)
Page 43 and 44: So, when your next Greatest Enemy a
Page 45 and 46: Today is a new Day … (04/13/2014)
Page 47 and 48: Already arrived … (04/30/2014) Ea
Page 49 and 50: Bathing Buddhism … (06/28/2014) T
Page 51 and 52: Two Fun Facts … (07/02/2014) Here
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And the list goes on & on … and t
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AllWays the Way … (07/18/2014) I
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on Right & Wrong … (07/25/2014) I
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Last Words - His & Mine … (08/15/
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"I am off in search of the great pe
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DOing something … (08/18/2014) I'
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Taking the Leap … (08/23/2014) To
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Scum & Villainy … (08/24/2014) We
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Being only Human(e) … (08/26/2014
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Yes, you won't see much of this Gre
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Second, once we have identified our
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In conclusion, then, it is importan
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*When Sarah Palin quips quite earne
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*Where Rush says of women protestin
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Re-viewing “Radicals” … (09/0
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Finding real LOVE … (09/19/2014)
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"After millennia of philosophical d
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The best Degree … (09/12/2014) Th
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"The difference," God replied, "res
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To Seize the Day … (09/20/2014) "
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*How about engaging in active, mand
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And what would I want from Mr. Obam
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“Ignoring veganism in the fight a
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*And while it is indeed possible th
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(image from Shawn Heinrichs) “You
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Coming to an End … (09/22/2014) "
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Indeed, while no one can speak with
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