{"id":151162,"date":"2012-09-26T18:31:25","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T15:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espirited.com\/how-to-become-wise\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:16:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T09:16:50","slug":"how-to-become-wise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espirited.com\/en\/how-to-become-wise\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do We Become Wise?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Once, seekers of truth climbed a high mountain to visit a wise man and asked him:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014 How can we become wise?<\/p>\n

The sage was in meditation. After some time, he emerged and said:<\/p>\n

\u2014 To become wise, you must make the right choices.<\/p>\n

\u2014 And how can we know which choice is right?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Through experience\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 And how do we gain experience?<\/p>\n

\u2014 By making the wrong choices\u2026<\/p>\n

Parable, translated from the Russian website \u201cThe Path to Enlightenment \u2013 Self-Knowledge\u201d (www.pro-svet.at.ua<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

If you feel confused, if you don\u2019t know whether you are on the right or the wrong path \u2014 you are certainly on the path of wisdom. And it always begins with confusion. To accept this part of your Path is to affirm the Spirit<\/a>. Clarity will come afterward.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Once, seekers of truth climbed a high mountain to visit a wise man and asked him: \u2014 How can we become wise? The sage was in meditation. After some time, he emerged and said: \u2014 To become wise, you must make the right choices. \u2014 And how can we know which choice is right? \u2014 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":149344,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[652,653],"class_list":["post-151162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritual-intelligence","tag-healing-stories","tag-how-changes-happen"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t