Wisdom Is A Form Of Non-Being

When thou reviewest the world with thy wisdom and compassion, it is to thee like the ethereal flower, and of which we cannot say whether it is created or vanishing, as the categories of being and non-being are inapplicable to it.

When thou reviewest all things with thy wisdom and compassion, they are like visions, they are beyond the reach of mind and consciousness, as the categories of being and non-being are inapplicable to them.

When thou reviewest the world with thy wisdom and compassion, it is eternally like a dream, of which we cannot say whether it is permanent or it is subject to destruction, as the categories of being and non-being are inapplicable to it.

That hymn is from Bodhisattva Mahamati. A Bodhisattva is an enlightened being whose goal is to help others. Being enlightened is an achievement in Buddhism as well as in any other religion. Freeing the self from the self is achieved through wisdom, and the goal of liberating others is achieved through compassion. Those thoughts are the foundation for most religions. The methods used to achieve enlightenment, or what we believe to be enlightenment are the fences that create the separation when religion is discussed.

Our core beliefs about wisdom and compassion are the same beliefs that Mahamati had 13 centuries ago, but the expression of those beliefs has changed. That is the nature of consciousness. From the seeds of religion we discover other seeds, which existed long before religion was a belief. Wisdom and compassion come from a self that has no physical being so that self is non-being. The self not connected to the brain contains the wisdom and compassion of all consciousness so wisdom is a form of non-being.

Wisdom cannot be fully explained in rational terms, even though wisdom is the foundation for rationalism. Compassion is an emotion fueled by rational thought, but it can only be expressed using the knowledge created by our current awareness of the self. The self not connected to the brain sends us wisdom in time capsules and we reconfigure the physical self using those capsules.

Changes in the self are reflections within the stream of wisdom, and that stream produces the exact amount of compassion for our experiences.