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without background music provided to Radio KOWS 92.5 FM broadcast of the
Scent of Light episode for insert into the Radio Spotlight Magazine
with host Andre Marc.
Transcript
In this episode on the Scent of Light I will speak on Wisdom,
one of the Ten Words to the Creative Spirit, in which my mentor
Dr. William Hermanns’ wrote:
Give me Wisdom so I cannot be bribed by
intellect.
Preparing for this episode the universe saw it fit to
throw me into a medical emergency that caused life and death scenarios
presented to me and my family on the way to and recovering from surgery. In
the midst of the worry and professional medical care how does wisdom play a
role?
As the patient I trusted in the medical system in
place to help. I just offered my account of the last couple of days of
illness so the admitting doctor could order the appropriate tests. The ER
nurse quickly administered a shot for pain and sedation and I was committed
to the methodical treatment of my distress. My wife Elaine had much more to
deal with as speculations after conversation with the surgeon on my critical
condition prompted swirls in her mind on survivability of this kind of
mishap and how we would adapt in the future. This terribly distressed her.
Wisdom has always been held out as a precious treasure to attain. Wisdom is
held in great esteem by all the religious paths. Yet wisdom is not so
tangible. It is not a simple word or memorized verse of scriptures that
serves as a magic balm. Wisdom is our evolving relationship with the Cosmos,
with life, to be more responsive in each moment to what is real and
purposeful as a conscious and conscientious being.
Both Elaine and I required wisdom, each different. I
basically needed patience and trust in the healing power within each of my
body cells together with the community intervention with the hospital
services and family and friends visiting to comfort me. My wife needed the
wisdom of quieting the mind, realizing that our intellect can only grasp a
small portion of the reality impinging upon us. This humbling of one's own
mind is hard to do as emotions and feelings fuel the thoughts, and we
identify with this flow of feelings. Wisdom helps us transition from the
alarming state of mind to a stillness of thought and emotions. Being mindful
of one’s breath, ideally becoming deep and slow breaths with our increased
attention, is the best technique I have used in quieting my mind. The
support of friends and family helped my wife feel that she was not alone.
This in turn comforted me as we are as one in facing life's challenges.
Wisdom was not just my wife and I remembering lessons from the past to
better understand the situation, we were aided by those comforting us from
Wisdom springing up within them in response to our needs. Wisdom was
appearing not as the domain of one person but as a flow of guiding love
between the patient and those who cared for him and his partner. No book of
Wisdom was needed. No Sage had to appear. No fiery chariot heralding the
revelation was required. The only prerequisite of those called to witness
the disturbing circumstances was the willingness to be available to be
compassionate and comforting. And each provided what they could and were
happy to do so, as if they relished the growth of their invisible angel
wings.
Wisdom is knowing that we are not alone in facing
situations, even those that appear so precarious and seemingly impossible.
Resources beyond our intellectual grasp often appear, and realized by us if
we have that faith that possibilities exist beyond our knowledge, beyond the
worrying prospects.
Therefore let us ask the source of
creativity,
Give me Wisdom so I cannot be bribed
by intellect.
This is Ken Norton on the Scent Of Light. You can contact me via Ken at
KennethENorton.com. The Scent of Light episodes are archived on the web at
kennethenorton.com that is k e n n e t h e n o r t o n dot com. Thanks for
listening.
Ken Norton earned his master's degree in Materials Science from Stanford
University as the Vietnam War was ending. During that time Ken served as the
personal assistant to a poet/sociologist Dr. William Hermanns as he prepared
his writings for publication, exposing Ken to not only the sciences but also
the humanities and comparative religion for making conscious and
conscionable choices.
Ken is a regular contributor to Radio Spotlight Magazine with his episodes
on the Scent of Light.
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