5819 Gift of the spirit.... gift of wisdom....

December 5, 1953: Book 63

The gift of wisdom must also be acquired insofar as an activity in love is a prerequisite, thus the human being does not receive this gift arbitrarily but must have been preceded by a life of love which first earns him the gift of wisdom. For wisdom is not knowledge alone.... Wisdom is full understanding of the deepest knowledge, and this understanding requires love.... Knowledge and wisdom are therefore to be valued differently, knowledge can be acquired by every person, and even into the deepest spiritual knowledge he can place himself intellectually, he can have it conveyed to him or penetrate such knowledge through study.... And yet, it need not yet signify the possession of wisdom for him, because this means the awakening of the spirit, because it is therefore, as it were, a gift of the spirit when knowledge has become wisdom for the human being, when he is able to understand everything to the core and can also convey his knowledge so that it will also be understood by other people if he has likewise found enlightenment of his spirit through activity in love. Only then is knowledge life-awakening, only then is it divine truth, a divine gift which cannot be replaced or compared earthly. Hence truth can be offered to you humans, you can recognize it as profound knowledge but nevertheless need not have penetrated its profound meaning, or else.... Only a life of love lets you recognize the meaning of knowledge, only a life of love makes you wise and enlightens your spirit.... But you humans should also strive for the gift of wisdom.... You should not be content with receiving truthful knowledge. You should now also seek to penetrate and correctly evaluate the knowledge, you should protect it from distortion. And all this requires a life of love, and only then will the knowledge also have an effect as wisdom.... For you humans it is the light which illuminates your earthly path, and then you consciously stride towards your aim.... you recognize the eternal truth and strive towards it, you use the gift of wisdom and make yourselves and your fellow human beings happy, who can now also reach the light through you....

Amen

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