Wisdom is more than intelligence.

Lakshmi reminds us to set our goals for each day. First, bring wealth into your life. Remember, wealth is more than just material gain – it also encompasses your health. Find pleasure in the simple things, like enjoying time with family and friends. Create harmony – flow with life and find liberation, the ability to observe life, letting things come and go without attachment or resistance to change. Find these each day, and you will discover wisdom. Science defines our wisdom as crystallized intelligence. This means that as we age and gather experience, our minds hold a vast amount of knowledge that we can draw upon. Young brains may be quicker, but older brains can more readily reach for a solution to a problem or make a decision because of experience and crystallized intelligence. Would we call this wisdom? Perhaps we could, but wisdom is so much more than experience and knowledge crystallized into accessible information. It’s not how much information you store, but how you use it that keeps you on the soulful path. Wisdom is more than intelligence. Wisdom lies in recognizing that everything is constantly changing, so don’t become too attached to anything. Balance is needed as it keeps us grounded and centered. Flexibility keeps us curious, flowing, and open. Strength allows us to endure life’s challenges, and peace brings comfort and an understanding of what really matters in life – health and happiness. Understanding this, you are wise. Let’s get to work. END: Along the soulful path, there will be many divergences and zigs and zags. From here to there is never a straight line. There will be times when you wander so far off the path that you will get lost. You may get caught up in the maya of life and lose touch with what is real. But if you stay on the soulful path, you will learn how to use the world to realize your highest potential without letting the world use you. This is how you master life and prosper. Karma yoga teaches us that everything is simply a matter of cause and effect. What you think, say, and do is what you become. Aim each day to bring wealth, pleasure, harmony, and liberation to yourself and to the world. When you aim for these four directions while working your karma, you will discover the wisdom to live your life with balance, strength, faith, and peace. EGO: Flip your palms up and extend out your index finger – the symbol of the ego. Watch out for the ego's desire to always be right and to be all-knowing. Having access to information and using it to feel superior is not wisdom. Wisdom is more about crystallized information. Pull your finger in a place where the thumb is on top. Take a breath and surrender to the soul. The soul is the observer of life. Quietly watching life without attachment. When we are truly content, we find peace. Wisdom is the realization that time has wings; it flies, so don’t waste it on the four great passions: deceit, greed, anger, and pride, but rather focus on truth, generosity, kindness, and humility, and you will be a wise soul living a peaceful life. Just remember—you never step into the same river twice. Choose wisely, walk softly, and stay on the soulful path. Namaste~ may you walk the path of life with health, happiness, and peace. Doctor Lynn