WISDOM PERSPECTIVE

These ideas and beliefs include such critical issues as our identity, including who we are, our purpose, why we're here, our destiny, where we're heading, and even the very nature of reality itself. As common beliefs, they are satisfying for a while but, over the course of our life, we gather a sense of incompleteness, incompatibilities, and inconsistencies, and we're left with the nagging feeling that there just has to be more to life than this!... Time, with further exposures and experiences, helps us to differentiate life, to identify what is good, desirable, and even how we might best manage these events as we face a challenging world. We become conscious of our best self and find ways to promote this aspect of our self whenever possible. We invest more time and effort in self-reflection and critical evaluation. The realization that emerges is, my thoughts and feelings, especially those under my control, are what define me... It stimulates, guides, defines, and even controls us,..