How to Convert Knowledge Into Wisdom!

How to convert knowledge into wisdom!

Knowledge is important because it is a tool wherewith we can earn our living. Hence garner as much knowledge as possible. But mere garnering of knowledge is not enough. What is of utmost importance is the need to transform knowledge into wisdom. Only then can we move towards perfection, towards a way of life which leads us to being helpful to other members of the society, besides promoting our own good in the real sense of the term. True wisdom occurs only when we inculcate in ourselves a sense of social responsi­bility in its comprehensive implications. A truly wiseman is one who puts his knowledge to the best use of promoting the good of all fellowmen, the welfare of the society, the nation, the world and the humanity at large. seekers of truth offer themselves as the servants of humanity and are ever ready to sacrifice everything for the welfare of the society. T^e only thing, which matters for these people, is to live according to what they have learnt and according to wisdom which emerges from their learning. On

This system of study will keep your minds open and make your hearts free from all prejudices and established notions. Examples are too many to cite. Open mindedness does bring out remarkable change in the student’s life, way of thinking and living. In such a state of mind, the questions bring out answers from the depth of the heart, as there is no penumbra of mere intellectual know­ledge to mislead or elude the candi­date or the person sitting in front of the questioner. Books are not to be gargled, but digested and then tried to be lived. That makes the whole personality-the group of physical emotional and mental bodies-clean and responsive. William Cowper has very aptly written that knowledge and wisdom are far from being one. Knowledge dwells in heads replete with thoughts of other men, wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Stalwarts, who have shouldered the burden of responsibility in different fields and areas of life, were inspired by the knowledge they found through contact with books. That gave them the energy, the steadfastness, and the inspiration to do outstanding work with unswerving devotion. Perhaps there is no under standing of what we mean by study. It does not consist of just reading books and having discussions in which the participants project their ideas and opinions, which , in the words of Miss Ianthe Hoskins is nothing but interchange of ignorance. The study must make you aware of the problems of life. There must be a pondering that makes the contents of what is read or heard, true for oneself and relevant to the problems that are faced. This is transforming know- ledge into wisdom.