FRUIT FROM THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE

(C) 2011 Howard McQueen

Knowledge is but an interpretation, an opinion,

 at most, a work-in-process hypothesis.

Knowledge can be bent, stretched and manipulated

 in the service of influencing, persuading, judging and enforcing.

There is great pressure to conform and believe in knowledge,

 not questioning its contexts or biases.

The temptation is to satiate oneself as the plate of knowledge is passed around.

In the absence of healthy skepticism, the breeding ground for gullibility, cynicism and conformity becomes fertile.

Our ability to reason and discern what is authentic and vital to our well-being is covered over.

Uncovering and recovering our ability to weed our own garden and till our own soil is to awaken from the numbing anesthesia - and to yank out the intravenous drip-feed of inauthentic, life-draining beliefs carried within knowledge.

So, my friend, how do we begin to discern and recognize wisdom when there is such an abundance of knowledge?

  Glad to enter into a discussion with you.  Howard@McQ.com ...