Hidden Treasure Series-Intellect,Intelligence and WISDOM

My dear friend,

Am key-stroking this ‘piece’ in bliss from Aurobindo Ashram Guest House (a.k.a Park Guest House) in Pondicherry with laptop on my lap and myself on Mother’s lap and we both facing the ‘Mother Ocean’. Mother and Aurobindo are simply divine ‘avatars’ to have blessed us. What’s so remarkable about them is their universal words of wisdom where ‘spirituality meets science’ and “Wow! What a coincidence?” We stayed in a room named ‘Wisdom’! Maybe, subtly, Mother and Aurobindo tells me to always seek for wisdom rather loading my small-but-busy brain with more and more information, mostly USELESS!     

Shall we NOW walk-the-talk with Shri.GRK, the iconoclastic sage we are fortunate to have amongst us and understand Wisdom and Intelligence, in its purest form?


Ravi: Great to chat with you amidst the ‘pristine’ surroundings of Pondicherry beach.

GRK: Hey, this place is well-kept. This place is splendid for a ‘break’ in TIME for mankind. Souls like Aurobindo and Mother are ‘avatars’ to have blessed Mankind to ENABLE them to be more KIND.

Ravi: The rooms in this Guest House have individual names like Serenity, peace, bliss, courage etc. and we were allotted a room named ‘Wisdom’! Can we have a clear understanding of Intellect, Intelligence and Wisdom in its PUREST sense?

What is Wisdom in its PUREST form?

GRK: I shall start with Wisdom. My dear, Just by staying in a room named Wisdom, or by reading books, we cannot get TRUE wisdom. Nor wisdom is available in online or offline stores. It is neither marketable nor is a merchandise.  Nor it can be accumulated, memorized or stored up.

Ravi: Confusion….. Elaborate please.

GRK: De, Wisdom comes with abnegation of the ‘self’. To have an open mind is more important to learning. We can only have an open mind only if we throw away the two D’s – That is our dogmas and doctorates we have been conditioned – both by society and self.

 Let the self-abnegate itself. Not by cramming it with full of information BUT,

·         By being aware of our thoughts and FEELINGS

·         By watching the so-called rich and so-called poor, so-called beautiful and so-called ugly,

·         By carefully observing ourselves and the influences about us

·         By listening to others

Ravi: Shall we NOW say that Wisdom does not come through fear or suppression or oppression, but through the power of observation - of everyday incidents in human relationship.

And WHAT is Intelligence in its PUREST sense?

GRK: Well said. Moving on, Intelligence is the integration of reason and love. But the Intelligent quotient (IQ) that we use measures only our reason. So Emotional Quotient (EQ) and Spiritual Quotient (SQ) are also integrated in Intelligence, in its purest sense. However a caveat – Intelligence should never be crippled by LEFT brained Analytical thinking or IQ.Liberal doses of WHAT and HOW, the essence of RIGHT brained thinking is required for wholesome blossoming of human brain.

There can be intelligence only if there is:

·         Self-knowledge (IQ)

·         Deep understanding the total process of oneself and around us(SQ)

·         Be aware of our own conditioning and responses (EQ)

Ravi: Then what is intellect? Seems to be that there are many intellectuals around us?

GRK: Look, training the intellect does NOT result in intelligence. Intellect is merely a conditioning of thought functioning independently of emotion. In other words, one may have a high IQ, but EQ and SQ? Modern education should radically reform from being LEFT brained oriented to more holistic whole brain development.

Ravi: And the repercussion if IQ alone is practiced?

GRK: Well, until you really approach all of life with your intelligence (Which is IQ, EQ and SQ in conjunction), instead of merely with your intellect (IQ), no system in the world will save man from the ceaseless toil for neither bread and butter nor conjugal family relationship or any relationship for that matter.

Ravi: That, in the words of brain scientists means wholesome development of the brain is required.  For 800 long years, Indians have forgotten to use their RIGHT brain. SOME did, most were sent to the gallows. And we shamelessly remember them now.

Thank you so much for this learning today and let me NOW hear the sounds of Mother Ocean, we are fortunate to hear from our Guest House Garden.

Folks, hope you have enjoyed and cherished the LIFE juice in whole brain development for humankind. That way the torturous world we live in, would indeed be a better place, isn’t it? WHAT do you SAY?

Signing off sending tons of joules of positive energy.

Cheers

G&W Ravi