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What is the difference between knowledge and wisdom?

Posted on Jul 2nd, 2008 by Zoey : women's coach Zoey
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for July 02, 2008:

beautiful rocks



Knowledge is learned, wisdom is experienced
Knowledge is in the head, wisdom is body centered
Knowledge can be passed on, wisdom can't
Knowledge is horizontal, wisdom is vertical
Knowledge can be owned, wisdom can never be captured.

namaste,

Zoey
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Enlightened.thinker : Light-plerker
about 1 hour later
Enlightened.thinker said

Wise woman you are…

Zoey : women's coach
about 2 hours later
Zoey said

I am so wise that I admit I made an error in my own writing.  I meant that knowledge is horizontal and wisdom is vertical, still kind of wonky today :)

Z

tajmahalo : Lover
about 2 hours later
tajmahalo said

Are you sure that it's true that wisdom can't be passed on? Does your post not pass on wisdom? I find that when I am in the presence of a wise person, I become wiser …

Namaste,
Taj

Enlightened.thinker : Light-plerker
about 4 hours later
Enlightened.thinker said

Great insight Taj!

Zoey : women's coach
about 7 hours later
Zoey said

Taj,  how very wise of you and hmmmm, yes, I see!  What wisdom did you gain from the post?

profundity : "Why-er"
1 day later
profundity said

Zoey, you can STILL edit your original message above to correct it.  This is how we can change the past to reflect a future that is always in motion.

Zoey : women's coach
1 day later
Zoey said

Profundity, yes, of course, I can re-write the past, thank you for the reminder!

Nishtha : Imaginative Mellifluous Philosopher
4 days later
Nishtha said

This is awesome, thanks so much for passing along your, eh-hem, wisdom…. ;-)

Laura : Associate Consultant
7 days later
Laura said

I would also challenge the assumption that we're unable to pass along wisdom. 

I sit with the memory of my grandmother, and I feel wiser for having allowed myself the time to truly know her.  The choices she made influence the choices I make from a deeper place within myself where the memory of her resides. 

I'm wiser when I sit with the ancient wisdom that exists within my 12 year old son.  He's brought me to that place within myself. 

I'm wiser because of the choices I make to extend my life, when I reflect upon the choices my father made that shortened his life. 

I do believe that we are able to 'impart' wisdom, but in my own experience that only occurs when my heart is open to receive the information that my head can't always fully understand. 

Hey_Jude : Growing Toward the Light
8 days later
Hey_Jude said

Knowledge–I know, therefore I am

Wisdom–I am, therefore I know

Zoey : women's coach
14 days later
Zoey said

Thank you all for these wonderful wise comments and distinctions.

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