Tag: Learning
The Seeker
by admin on Nov.25, 2007, under Lived Inquiry, Original Gravity, Poetics, The Divine Guidance Project
Artist and Title Unknown? The true seeking of knowledge and wisdom
requires whole person, or embodied learning,
as well as a deep commitment to
a life of lived inquiry,
in which every experience
is taken as a lesson to learn.
Lived Inquiry
by admin on Nov.24, 2007, under Annotations, Lived Inquiry
the active, innovative and examined life,
which seeks to both transform
and understand more deeply
the human condition… ”
- John Heron
The Love of Wisdom
by admin on Jul.10, 2005, under Lived Inquiry
This year I graduated with my doctorate. As I prepared for graduation I struggled with the shift from perceiving myself as a student, to perceiving myself as a Ph.D., a Doctor of Philosophy. The self-construct of being a student was so ingrained in me that it was difficult to transcend.
I decided to look up the root meanings of the words doctor and philosophy. I discovered that the English word doctor comes from the Latin doctor, meaning “teacher;” and that the word philosophy comes from the Latin philosophia, meaning, “love of knowledge or wisdom.”
When I combined these terms and realized that the phrase Doctor of Philosophy could be translated as Teacher of the Love of Wisdom, I had a visceral breakthrough in my self-perception. I recognized that I was holding onto the idea that being a Ph.D. meant that I had to be a master of knowledge and wisdom. To be honest, I surely did not feel like a master yet. But when I considered the idea that a Ph.D. degree was actually calling to be a “teacher of the love of wisdom,” I found myself being able to hold that role easily within my heart and mind.
Indeed, on my journey toward my doctorate, I had grown to love wisdom and the journey of seeking it, and that I believe I can teach…I cannot teach wisdom, but I can teach the love of it, or at least try to share the love I have for the path of wisdom.
