posted on Feb, 18 2010 @ 01:01 PM
I'll tell you what... if anyone here thinks that they are smart, read the Bible.
Learn about Solomon. Read Proverbs. Read Psalms.
The Bible isn't ABOUT I.Q., but it sure has a whole lot of really intelligent things in it...
Solomon was considered by God to be the wisest of all men ever, except for Jesus.
Solomon was imperfect, making bad decision - in fact meddling with things that even atheists would say, "yo, dude, really?"
But he was very wise. He saw the crap. Politics were not his game, but he played them. He saw life for what it is (as humans have made it for
themselves).
The wisest statement ever made by Solomon would be one we would do well to live by.
"All things are vanity."
If you find someone you think is intelligent, ask yourself first if they search for vanity or if they search for truth.
And be wise yourself to understand what vanity is...
Vanity is looking for ways to improve a mortal life.
Vanity is looking for ways to increase the length of mortal life.
Vanity is looking for ways to become physically immortal (as you watch the world change and waste away).
Vanity is asking "Why?" when someone makes a decision.
Vanity is claiming we destroy the earth with our stuff which we fashion FROM THE EARTH.
Vanity is believing there is God or that there is no God... for it doesn't change the reality just because your perception is such.
Vanity is to put down the imagination - where anything is possible.
Vanity is believing that all things that exist in the imagination should be brought to reality.
Vanity is requiring to know ANYTHING.
Vanity is requiring to eat.
Vanity is requiring to sleep.
We should appreciate to eat. We should appreciate to sleep. WE should not try that we do not get it. (I will admit, I have a hard time not crying
over lost sleep lately with a new son!)
Vanity is EXPECTING, ENTITLEMENT, and EARNING.
Life and truth is about freedom from expectations - Peace. Life and truth is about freedom from entitlement - Work.
Life and truth is about freedom from earning - Love.
The most intelligent people understand these things and do their best to live these ways... and you find them only by need; not by desire.