Nor is intellectual greatness to be confounded with the godlike character
of the one who has attained to Illumination.
Elsewhere in these pages we have made the distinction between knowledge and
wisdom. Knowledge alone can never bring a soul into the path of
Illumination. Wisdom will point the way, but love is the unerring guide to
the very goal.
St. Paul's expression of this fact is concise, and to the point. This
observation alone, stamps him as one possessing a very high degree of
realization of what cosmic consciousness is.
"If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him
become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is
foolishness to God."
The worldly wise man or woman asks "how much do I get?" The truly wise
person cares nothing at all for possessions. He only asks "how much can I
give?"
And although we find in the marts of commercialism a contempt for the
gullible, and the credulous; the trusting and the confiding, let it be
known that the "smart" bargainer will indeed smart for his smartness, for
in the light of cosmic consciousness, this alleged "wisdom" of men,
appears as utter foolishness; wasted effort; a perversion of opportunity.
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