Dr. Vijai S Shankar MD.PhD.
Published on www.academy-advaita.com
The Netherlands
21 October 2019
Advice (2)
“Speak”
Knowledge gives advice. Wisdom does not give advice. Advice regarding what to speak and what not to speak is given by men and women all the time, who have knowledge of experience.
Knowledge of experience in life informs that what is to be spoken should be spoken by man and woman and what should not to be spoken is to be avoided by every man and woman.
Though man and woman with wisdom do have knowledge of experience, they do not give advice to anyone, young or old, at any time, regarding what to speak and what not to speak.
Man and woman who listen to the advice regarding what they should speak and what they should not speak are, however, not free from advice of what to speak and what not to speak.
Man and woman are constantly in need of advice several times in their life for what they should speak and for what they should not speak.
Advice regarding what to speak and what not to speak has tremendous importance to man and woman because every man and woman believe that they can speak what is expected of them and that they will not speak what is not expected from them.
So what is the understanding of man and woman with wisdom, who do not give advice regarding what to speak and what not to speak, is the question?
Wisdom reveals that what is spoken is spoken in the moment and what is not spoken is also not spoken in the moment. Wisdom reveals that what is spoken is known in the moment and what is not spoken is also known in the moment.
Wisdom reveals that any moment in life is not done by man. Wisdom reveals that what is spoken in the moment and what is not spoken in the moment, is an auditory illusion of sound manifested by the intelligence in life in every moment and is neither spoken nor not spoken by man or woman.
Wisdom reveals that what should not be spoken by you is only avoided in life by you if it is meant not to happen to you by the intelligence in life. However, the intelligence in life cannot be avoided by you.
Wisdom reveals that what should be spoken in life by you is only spoken in life by you if it is meant to happen to you by the intelligence in life. The intelligence in life is not done by you.
Man and woman with knowledge are ever ready to give advice regarding what to speak and what not to speak. Man and woman with wisdom have compassion for what every man and woman speak because they understand that it is done by the intelligence in life and not by them. Therefore, they do not give advice.
If this wisdom of advice is not understood by man and woman, the knowledge of the blame-game, regarding what to speak and what not to speak, including its unwanted consequences, becomes evident in the daily life of every man and woman.
The enlightened never advise because they understand that what is meant to be spoken will be spoken in life by the intelligence in life and not by man or woman.
Author: Dr. Vijai S. Shankar
© Copyright V. S. Shankar 2019
Editor’s Note:
Knowledge is blind, yet it sees what it sees, albeit illusory. Wisdom does not see, yet it sees: it sees what is. Knowledge is mute, yet what it speaks is illusory. Wisdom does not speak, yet what it speaks is what is. Knowledge gives advice, albeit illusory. Wisdom gives no advice, yet what it gives is what is. At each phase of his life, man is prepared for what lies ahead by words of advice from those with knowledge of experience. Such advice, written or spoken, is for the welfare, albeit illusory, of those advised. The wise reveal the gift of deep understanding, both unwritten and unspoken, for those for whom it is meant. Such is the intelligence of life.
Julian Capper.UK