Wisdom vs. Knowledge

As part of a communication with a cat this morning, I was reminded of a difference between a wisdom and a knowledge.

Wisdom is something you acquire over the years based on experiences and learning. In the spiritual world of reincarnation, you maybe born with a wisdom that came from the past lives. Whereas knowledge is something you acquire in your single lifecycle. You might be wise because you were reborn 100s of times, but when you are born again, you lose all the knowledge and you have to re-learn them and that makes reincarnation fun (so I just got downloaded this commentary from the universe. I guess universe has a sense of humor today :))

I often encounter animals that are very wise but acts as a little child. It maybe because they have had plenty of learning in the past lives but they don’t have the knowledge from the current life. Maybe it is the first time he/she was born as a cat and learning the ropes of being a cat. Or it is the first time they experience the situation and it is scary or fascinating. Imagine Einstein is born today. He is super smart and wise, but he will probably be fascinated and sometimes surprised by cellphone making noise or hailing a taxi from this little box. That does not make him any less smarter or wiser. He just is not aware and have that current knowledge.

So I wondered if you are born with the wisdom, why do we develop bad habits? Unfortunately, you are not born with a clean slate, so those habits might have come from the past life already (e.g. you already were born with the fear of ocean) or some habitual situation happened that developed new “wisdom” in this lifetime (e.g. every time I go near person in red, I get sick so all person in red are bad).

Whatever they are, do not underestimate the wise-ness of spiritual beings. You might be surprised to be “schooled” by a puppy. And that’s what animal communication fun for me!