Meditation is a healthy practice.
You analyze literature on meditation, and infer that meditation is a healthy practice.
You meditate, and understand that meditation is a healthy practice.
Love is wonderful.
You analyze stories of millions in love, and infer that love is wonderful.
You fall in love, and understand that love is wonderful.
Smoking is terrible.
You analyze repercussions of smoking, and infer that smoking is terrible.
You get lung cancer, and understand that smoking is bad.
Gambling is an addiction.
You analyze lives of gamblers, and infer that gambling is an addiction.
You become a gambler, and understand that gambling is an addiction.
Losing a dear one is painful.
You analyze people's feelings after losing a dear one, and infer that losing a dear one is painful.
You lose a dear one, and understand that losing a dear one is painful to say the least.
Every statement is a wise statement but has a significantly different conviction level. Above triplets are arranged in the order of Faith, Intelligence and Experience.
Faith can be defined as a strongly held belief or theory. Its like an axiom - you do not question it. When life tests your Faith, it is extremely difficult to stay true to it as you have no basis to believe it to be absolutely true. It is easy to lose your faith and part ways with it in distressed times.
Intelligence can be defined as the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. When you indulge in analysis, you develop a better understanding of causality and patterns associated with beliefs (Faith). Based on your inferences, you distinguish Faith as right/wrong and try to pursue the right Faith. When life tests your Intelligence, it is easier to stay true to it compared to Faith. But, it is still a daunting task. Primarily because the data you used for analysis was external to you. You might be tempted to believe that situation can be different for you (as your analysis is based on aggregates).
Experience can be defined as a practical contact with and observation of facts and events. It is only when you are involved in a situation and can objectively analyze it, that it is possible to answer questions that were faced by naked Faith and Intelligence. If you develop understanding at this level, your conviction in an idea sky rockets.
To conclude, Faith, Intelligence and Experience are different levels of wisdom. They manifest themselves via different levels of convictions in ideas. Experience is a superset that contains both, Faith and Intelligence.
You analyze literature on meditation, and infer that meditation is a healthy practice.
You meditate, and understand that meditation is a healthy practice.
Love is wonderful.
You analyze stories of millions in love, and infer that love is wonderful.
You fall in love, and understand that love is wonderful.
Smoking is terrible.
You analyze repercussions of smoking, and infer that smoking is terrible.
You get lung cancer, and understand that smoking is bad.
Gambling is an addiction.
You analyze lives of gamblers, and infer that gambling is an addiction.
You become a gambler, and understand that gambling is an addiction.
Losing a dear one is painful.
You analyze people's feelings after losing a dear one, and infer that losing a dear one is painful.
You lose a dear one, and understand that losing a dear one is painful to say the least.
Every statement is a wise statement but has a significantly different conviction level. Above triplets are arranged in the order of Faith, Intelligence and Experience.
Faith can be defined as a strongly held belief or theory. Its like an axiom - you do not question it. When life tests your Faith, it is extremely difficult to stay true to it as you have no basis to believe it to be absolutely true. It is easy to lose your faith and part ways with it in distressed times.
Intelligence can be defined as the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. When you indulge in analysis, you develop a better understanding of causality and patterns associated with beliefs (Faith). Based on your inferences, you distinguish Faith as right/wrong and try to pursue the right Faith. When life tests your Intelligence, it is easier to stay true to it compared to Faith. But, it is still a daunting task. Primarily because the data you used for analysis was external to you. You might be tempted to believe that situation can be different for you (as your analysis is based on aggregates).
Experience can be defined as a practical contact with and observation of facts and events. It is only when you are involved in a situation and can objectively analyze it, that it is possible to answer questions that were faced by naked Faith and Intelligence. If you develop understanding at this level, your conviction in an idea sky rockets.
To conclude, Faith, Intelligence and Experience are different levels of wisdom. They manifest themselves via different levels of convictions in ideas. Experience is a superset that contains both, Faith and Intelligence.
