Day Six: Wisdom

Word of the Day: Wisdom

Image of the Day: views from the car across the Moffat Hills, 13th Feb 09.

Tokens of the Day: two wee badges, one with the word happy and the other peace

Where does wisdom take me? Sophia, Jesus, The Wisdom of Solomon, owls, old, folly, Shakespeare's fool...

wisdom
few words well-chosen
precise, gentle
weighty, packs a punch
wise head, young shoulders
an educated heart
integrated being.

It is so challenging to accept wisdom within myself. I look to the cards for guidance:

Angel Oracle: Angel of Wisdom - wisdom comes from the depths of my experience

Unicorn Cards (Diana Cooper): Wisdom - you are called on to access your innate wisdom and act with honour in an aspect of your life. Ask the unicorns to help you and they will support and guide you. I act with wisdom today - act with wisdom and people will respect you.

Archetype Cards (Caroline Myss):

• Mentor - passing on wisdom and refining a student's character


• Seeker - thirst for wisdom and truth wherever they are (look for lifetime pattern of constantly moving from one potential source of wisdom or truth to another)


• Student - humility and devotion to knowledge. Openness to lifelong learning (look for a pattern of constant learning, openness to new information as an essential part of your well-being)


• Teacher - ability to communicate knowledge, experience, skill or wisdom


• Goddess - the feminine expressed through wisdom; Nature, life force and sensuality.

There is that of God in each of us, the inner light of Christ only requires us to open ourselves to the possibility of wisdom. We do not need to hand over our souls to gurus, our wallets to healers in order to tap into that which is within us (though we might wish to seek their support and guidance through the process!). We simply
need to believe that we are part of a multidimensional, fully integrated web of life.

wisdom holds her roots fast
in the heart of my experience
tendrils stroke the inside of my arm
grounding me in my body

wisdom's face is forever turned to God
seeking to comfort, to counsel
she looks at the sea
finding God in the roar of the waves
and in that small pebble push-pulled by the tide
and she says: "Sshh! Listen! God is speaking still.

she looks on the faces of the battle-weary bankers
and the world-weary priests
she reaches out her hand
touches them tenderly
and urges them to look up,
gaze into the face of the Divine
- moon-shadow, herringbone cloud
the whisper of a rainbow -
and see the big picture.

she holds my heart
in the palms of
her holy hands
encourages me
to unfold my wings
unearth my gifts
dig up my regrets
and offer them all with love.

And i can't close today's blog without reflecting at least briefly on the badge words happy and peace. I am immediately reminded of the Beatitudes: Happy are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God. We have perhaps weakened the word "happy", we don't recognise it as a blessing, a joy, a gift and the same often happens with "peace" - it is seen as a passive state rather than an action. I will wear the words on my sleeve and seek to act wisely from an educated heart with happiness (allowing myself to receive blessings) and peace (non-violent, appropriate use of my power).

Blessed be!