{"id":559,"date":"2012-02-27T12:41:06","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T17:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wholeperson.com\/wordpress\/?p=559"},"modified":"2012-02-27T15:17:56","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T20:17:56","slug":"developing-a-wise-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/blog\/developing-a-wise-society","title":{"rendered":"Developing a \u201cWise\u201d Society"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"John<\/a>In our knowledge-based society, in which people are often rewarded for their knowledge, it is often hard to tell the difference between knowledge and wisdom.\u00a0 Many people spend years attaining formal education and degrees, but still lack basic wisdom about how to live.\u00a0 These life skills are critical in the personal and professional success of your clients and\/or students.<\/p>\n

The differences between knowledge and wisdom may seem small, but they actually are immense.\u00a0 Knowledge is the theoretical understanding of a subject that is gained through learning, perception, or reasoning.\u00a0 Knowledge is the objective acquisition of information to increases your skill or expertise.\u00a0 Wisdom, on the other hand, is the objective acquisition of information followed by the subjective examination of that information for patterns, for understanding, and then application in your life.<\/p>\n

Roger Walsh, in his book Essential Spirituality<\/em>, suggests that knowledge and wisdom are very different entities.\u00a0 He eloquently explains the differences in this way:<\/p>\n