by MADphilips

Created on: June 18, 2008

Wisdom is the application of knowledge and experience to a particular situation in order to make sound decisions. It is how we apply our knowledge (what we know) and experience (what we have been through) to what we do (action), how we think (perception) and how we evaluate (judge). Wisdom basically means application of what we have learnt. It is the doing part of learning. Wisdom therefore, comes from doing (application). Without carrying out what we have learnt, one cannot obtain wisdom. You can't read wisdom; you can't memorize wisdom; you can't recite wisdom; you can't learn wisdom; you can only obtain wisdom through application (doing) of what you have read, memorized, learnt or recited. It is only by doing that one can obtain wisdom. Wisdom cannot be gotten through inaction (idleness); wisdom must be put to use (applied) before it can be activated.

What you must understand is this; wisdom is part of a sequence of events associated with developing our mental capacity and ability. It is found in the second stage of our intellectual development as humans; it seats right in the middle of two other interrelated components without which one's mental or intellectual capacity cannot be fully explored and exploited. To understand how wisdom can be obtained, you must first understand how it relates and is dependent on two other factors that complement it. So this leads us to the three pillars of intellectual development.

LEARNING: this is the first step in the journey towards intellectual or mental development. This is how every mental or intellectual development begins; it is defined as the deliberate attempt of acquiring specific information on a given subject or issue. Simply put, it is the acquisition of information. Learning is the process of gathering, getting or acquiring knowledge or information. Thus, the result of every learning process is the possession or acquisition of knowledge or information. All you are ever going to get from learning is nothing but knowledge, which means information in mind. That is to say; information is retained or stored after any learning process is completed. Thus, the endpoint of every learning you go through is to obtain knowledge on a certain subject or issue. The possession of knowledge doesn't necessarily mean you are wise or smart, it only means you are knowledgeable; a carrier of information. As the old saying goes; he that knows and does not what he knows is no different than he that doesn't know and therefore cannot

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