This is a confession or maybe not, we will find out in the course of the written words…
I have been deluded by the lofty idea that sagacity is one of the most vital component of experiencing a pleasant life. The need to be above average to dwell in the highest echelons of intellectualism, to shun ignorance in pursuit of never ending knowledge and meaning even though there is something to be said for ignorance too.
The bliss of not knowing and not knowing that one doesn’t know. (yes, even as I type this, I cringe thinking, foolishness is bad in whatever context) but follow me here. My statement is merely a change of lens in examining how each action or inaction comes with its attending peculiarities.
An ignorant person may be killed by their ignorance but will remain ignorant enough not to know the cause of death. Whereas, a knowledgeable person may die from all the information on the potential cause of death or the quest to prevent an inevitable end, best case scenario, they could solve the problem.
The underlying question propelling this post is to what extent do we control our lives? Of course, this is a philosophical expose in itself since a direct correlation could lie in predeterminism or self-will but mostly, a combination of both but what I mean to emphasize is why the need to control as many variables as possible is not the exact definition of being free.
In that sense, there is no freedom because the pursuit of freedom is post dated by the measures to preserve each level of acquired freedom.
In essence, we are geared by the many people who we think have it figured out, we strive to emulate the ideologies they propound on purpose, meaning, and existential presence but the truth is that this feat is only possible because there is an acknowledgement for that need, more importantly, but there is the need to reiterate that no one is that in control but everyone makes an appearance of doing a good job to keep things under control.
Wisdom inundates you with the confidence of the avant garde but plagues you in a far stronger prison that only takes more wisdom to free you from and the worst kinds of prisons are the ones we reasoned our way into. They become strongholds by which we must strive, we then begin to contend with our imaginary problems, fashioned by the emblems of our delusion of superiority and grandiose. Especially as we think that no one else can understand what we are going through.
It is simple, we are all crazy. (ah ah, that felt too blunt to write) there is no perfect human, just humans perfectly good at hiding weaknesses and presenting a facade of working everything out. However, the interesting thing about wisdom is how very easily one can attain more wisdom by an exposure to a new perception. These precepts upon precepts may help form a concrete establishment of some missing block in an ideology one possesses. Is wisdom not simply put, insight or inspiration?
For example, how do you determine a person of value? by the words of their mouth, the quality of their value and belief systems, or by their actions or propensity to increase in learning and adaptability?
The thing about value is that it is based on validation. Regardless of how valuable a thing, it requires a requisite amount of consent on the importance of that value for such value to be established.
Secondly, it is immaterial how intelligent a person is; their inability to give room to superior reasoning and practicality limits the extent of their perceived wisdom. This is the plague of wisdom, wisdom is strengthened by an increase in understanding.
This means that adaptability is the core of any wise association. Regarding actions, just because a person knows better does not translate to their always doing better or acting in ways that consistently affirm their belief systems. That’s the inconsistency of humanity which is attributable to various changing elements like curiosity or trauma.
So, what is the delusion of sagacity? it is influenced by many exponential factors that may be quite difficult to articulate extensively but the fons en origio will be the delusion from ego. Precisely, estimating one’s self as being more than one really is, defining one’s self in the absence of certain facts but concluding on such perception.
Secondly, comparison, the measure of one’s value or lack thereof by the purport of another who may also be missing some value system. The irony is that one is necessary to establish the other.
Lastly, thinking that we are humanly capable of figuring out everything because we are wise.
That’s the most laughable of all.
xoxo,
Dcconoisseur.
Connoisseur of Memories 