>REFLECTIONS:THE WISE AND THE NOT-SO-WISE


A person of wisdom says and does things, keeping always in mind the wellbeing, welfare, and self-respect of other human beings.

A wise person knows that human knowledge is finite and that we cannot know anything about the Grand Mysteries with our finite minds.

One who is not wise is not necessarily foolish. An unwise and sometimes dangerous person  does things and believes in matters without consideration of their potential negative impacts on fellow humans or on the world.

An unwise, but not so dangerous person  thinks that the right answers to all the Grand Mysteries are in the Holy Books of his or her religion; and that the answers to these questions given by other religions are false. 

The unwise  can become dangerous and  threats to others when they gain physical power of any kind over others.

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Varadaraja V. Raman

Physicist, philosopher, explorer of ideas, bridge-builder, devotee of Modern Science and Enlightenment, respecter of whatever is good and noble in religious traditions as well as in secular humanism,versifier and humorist, public speaker, dreamer of inter-cultural,international,inter-religious peace.

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