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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

KNOWING is bigger than thinking - WISDOM from Dr. Mark Strom

Knowing is bigger than thinking


“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” Albert Einstein

Just like there are big ideas we can’t prove but also can’t live well without — like beauty, dignity, and hope — likewise we need bigger accounts of how we know than those confined to reason and logic.

The wonder of knowing — each other, the world, and ourselves — is more complex and profound, more beautifully ordinary and simple than the essential but narrower tasks of thinking well.

What does that mean in practice? Read more…
May we value and nurture every richly human way of knowing.

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