Building Experiential Wisdom

Intellect and its essence

Intelligence does not conquer all. More often than not, the apparent high graders do not classify as emotionally intelligent. Intellectual arrogance is the seed of downfall while humility of the unwise can work miracles owing to the prospects it offers for learning. There isn’t much left to discover if one knows it all. Intelligence ought to be applied perceptively towards pertinent outcomes. Wisdom calls for the wit to apply prejudgments optimally. As Einstein rightly put it, common sense is a collection of prejudices acquired in the formative years of life. Therapy that inculcates common sense is the need of the hour!

Self control (1)

Human intellect

The human brain is the most extensively reviewed apparatus, yet it can be alleged that there is more unknown about it’s functioning than is recognized, more questions than answers and more postulations than inferences. While self-control loosely entails restriction of emotion and behavior that principally evades some short-term reward to ensure a long-term gain; there is more to the brain mechanics in understanding reward and punishment. There are conflicting contingencies in monitoring impulses. Understanding these is mandatory to master the art, science as well as practice of self-control.

How often have you failed?

Never? What a pity! You missed on all those likelihoods of learning something new. You lost out on those opportunities that would have taught you the realities of life the harder way. You skipped the prospects of eclectic absorption that would lead you to prudence. You just did not get the chance to experientially know the ways that ‘don't’ work, before you learnt those that 'do'. Maybe you just turned out lucky and destiny lead you to the sweet of success. Maybe you really knew the way to get to the top (that's very credible). Things turned out great, yet they probably shaped up to be conventional; that gamble which leads us to see out of that box just got evaded…