Dr. Vijai S Shankar MD.PhD.
Published on www.academy-advaita.com
The Netherlands
22 October 2019
Advice (3)
“Think”
Knowledge gives advice. Wisdom does not give advice. Advice regarding what to think and what not to think 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 thought should be thought by man and woman and what should not be thought 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 think and what not to think.
Man and woman who listen to the advice regarding what they should think and what they should not think are, however, not free from advice of what to think and what not to think.
Man and woman are constantly in need of advice several times in their life for what they should think and for what they should not think.
Advice regarding what to think and what not to think has tremendous importance to man and woman because every man and woman believe that they can think what is expected of them and they will not think 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 think and what not to think, is the question?
Wisdom reveals that what is thought is thought in the moment and what is not thought is also not thought in the moment. Wisdom reveals that what is thought is known in the moment and what is not thought is also known in the moment.
Wisdom reveals that any moment in life is not done by man. Wisdom reveals that what is thought in the moment and what is not thought in the moment is an auditory illusion of sound manifested by the intelligence in life in every moment. It is neither thought nor not thought by man or woman.
Wisdom reveals that what should not be thought by you is only avoided in life by you if it is meant not to happen to you by the intelligence in life and the intelligence in life cannot be avoided by you.
Wisdom reveals that what should be thought 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 think and what not to think. Man and woman with wisdom have compassion for what every man and woman think 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 blame-game, regarding what to think and what not to think, 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 thought will be thought 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:
There are many men and women of sound education, well qualified in both knowledge and experience, who are highly respected in their communities. They are rewarded with influential positions, such as doctorates and professorships, including opportunities to publish their own achievements. Advice given by them on issues in daily life, albeit illusory, is followed – with consequences. Most importantly for them, they are credited with the work they have carried out - all by the intelligence of life. The wise, however, in sharing their understanding of life in this article and elsewhere, reveal that every human being is on the pathway that is meant for him and her towards self-realisation. This path is not made by man or by advisers. It is by the intelligence of life. Understanding this is the dawning of wisdom.
Julian Capper. UK