Problem solving is at a higher level of consciousness

Wisdom is not the same as intellect. Wisdom is the intelligence of the heart. The intellect is the intelligence of the mind.

The more you love, the wiser or aware you are of reality. The more afraid you are (the opposite of love), the less aware you are and the more you allow yourself to be fooled by your own ego (or the ego of others).

The heart is governed by love, that is, by the understanding that you and I are not two (just as a wave is not different from another wave, but they are the same ocean). For the intellect we are different waves period (it does not see the underlying unity), but for love we are expressions of the same essence.

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The difference between wisdom and intellect

Quantum physics begins to approach the paradigm of wisdom when it shows that "the observer influences what is observed." What science has not yet proven is that what is observed is really the observer himself. Do not try to understand intellectually what I have just said, for the dual nature of the intellect prevents you from doing so.

The intellect is very good at dissecting reality, just as it can dissect an elephant into its parts. anatomical (trunk, ear, tail ...) but it is not good at understanding the whole (elephant) of the reality. For this you need to raise your level of consciousness and use wisdom.

The intellect is governed by the ego (which is basically a thought that calls itself "me"). Wisdom is governed by love and intuition, which is a direct (and non-dual) understanding of reality without the intervention of the physical senses. Wisdom knows and the intellect knows (or thinks it knows). Intellect belongs to the lower nature of the human being, and wisdom belongs to the higher nature of him.

In the same way that we can observe different degrees in people's intellectual capacity, there are different degrees in their level of consciousness. And they don't necessarily go hand in hand. You can have a great intellectual capacity (memory, creativity, logic ...) but a low degree of consciousness (or wisdom). The degree of consciousness can be measured by the degree of light and peace that that person gives off. The wiser or more aware, the less you judge because the more you understand. The wiser, the more you see the perfection of everything and the more you awaken (with your simple presence) the perfection in others.

The more aware you become of who you really are (regardless of what your senses or beliefs tell you), the wiser you are. It often happens that the more intellect you have (often represented by the number of academic degrees you have) the more you get lost in the ego trees and the less you see the forest. A poet is usually closer to the Truth than a Nobel Prize winner in physics. This is not always the case, but what I mean is that today there is a lot of intellect in the service of the ego and little intellect in the service of what is right or wise.

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How to measure our degree of wisdom

Dr. David R. Hawkins was a renowned psychiatrist who developed a map of human consciousness. Consciousness can be measured (by muscle test) between 0 and 1,000 degrees. A person who does not want to live (and wants to commit suicide) calibrates very low, close to 10 or 0 degrees. A person who lives in continuous ecstasy and exudes peace, joy and bliss, calibrates at 1,000 degrees and can be considered the wisest.

When a human being calibrates below 200, that human being lives in the paradigm of the ego (whose main emotion is fear and the desire for control or power). When a human being vibrates above 200, he begins to be awake to his higher nature (whose main emotion is love, peace and understanding). A fully "awakened" person like any great Avatar would calibrate to 1,000 (which represents the ultimate wisdom, love and truth).

Someone humble who transmits peace has tremendous power and has much more strength than 1,000,000 little awakened men. Remember for example the power that Gandhi demonstrated. Not all the tanks and soldiers of the British Empire could defeat their peace. But not all awake men end well.

Most, in an unconscious world, end up marginalized or killed. A wise man is a threat to the ego of many as he questions the shaky foundation on which they sustain their lives. And the ego, which prefers to be right rather than acknowledge the Truth, chooses to want to change others (or separate them) from the system.

The turning point in the evolution of each individual

Two hundred is a very important level, because it is from that level of consciousness that one has the courage to see his own psychological shadow and go beyond his ego. After 200 one begins to look within and take responsibility for it. After 200, one stops complaining (or feeling like a victim and living from fear). After 200, one unconsciously stops following the herd because they have realized that this is a way of giving up their responsibility.

In this world, most calibrate (according to Dr. Hawkins) an average of 207. But a large percentage of the population calibrate below 200, and that is why they are easily carried away by their own ego and easily manipulated by the egos of others. That is why we have a troubled world, full of corruption and injustice. We live in a world of sheep, ruled by a pack of wolves that are in turn influenced by a handful of vultures. It is a world ruled by people who crave power and use fear as a form of control. But those who calibrate below 200 are not able to see such darkness. They do not have enough light (consciousness) to see the false as false.

The wise man is clear enough to see reality without the filters or distortions of ego or fear. And when he says what he perceives and questions the official narrative (to control the herd) he is belittled or considered crazy. But they do not call them crazy but rather "anti-system" or "denialists" or "conspiracy". These are all labels to ridicule (use of passive aggressiveness).

In a society where the majority calibrates below 200 and is therefore ruled by his ego, the sage does not fit in. The wise man does not follow the norm and most consider him as the black sheep, that is, they see him as a threat to their sense of belonging to a sick (or unconscious) society.

The ego seeks refuge in the herd. The ego blindly believes in the pastor (daddy state or daddy institution or daddy friends and family). The ego projects its fear in the form of aggression when its false security is threatened. The ego does not know that it lives in darkness (unconsciousness) and is afraid of seeing its reality based on comfortable lies dismantled. When an ego sees a person awake (wise) it defends itself by attacking, judging, accusing and ridiculing. You will never see a wise man attack or ridicule anyone because the wise man lives in contact with love, and he lives calmly because he knows how to discern between what is true and what is not.

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There are those who prefer the truth and there are those who prefer to be right

When you calibrate below 200, your priorities are safety, comfort, wealth, or power above Truth. When the intellect is at the service of Truth (which calibrates at 1,000) and not at the service of self-interest (ego), then we have an enlightened intellect.

Einstein was a brilliant mind, not only because of his high IQ, but because his intellect was at the service of his wisdom. According to Dr. David R. Hawkins, Einstein calibrated at 499. One of Einstein's most famous phrases was "we cannot solve a problem on the same level where we created it." By level, he meant the level of consciousness. 100% of the problems are solved as you increase your level of consciousness and disappear completely when you rise to the 600 level of consciousness (which represents the first degree of the illumination).

The moment of truth for humanity

Today we are witnessing an important moment for Humanity. We are facing a moment where each one of us must decide whether to follow the easy (and safe) path dictated by an authority (and by means of control or communication that propagate a single narrative and censor any other possibility) or follow the narrow path of listening to our intuition, even if that means stopping following the most.

We will know which is the correct path by the degree of pressure or freedom we feel. If something presses us (and does not let us think freely), it is not the way of truth. If someone poses as our counselor and uses threat or fear as a form of coercion, it is not the way of truth. The way of truth never presses, never scares. The truth will make us free to assume our responsibility and it will not ridicule us, but it will love us whatever our decision.

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How to increase our wisdom or level of consciousness

The mind must be enlightened with wisdom if we want to transcend (root out) problems. And the easiest way to increase our degree of light (or consciousness) is by expanding our love. As we increase our self-esteem (and therefore love for the Truth that we are), we increase our wisdom.

Love begins to manifest itself when we lose the fear of deciding for ourselves (it is called courage). We must learn to love the Truth, even if it involves the discomfort of having to make changes in beliefs, habits or relationships. But remember that the Truth is only uncomfortable for our ego, because it lives trapped in a dream of security, of wanting to please and belong to the herd.

As a personal coach, one of the teachings that I transmit the most to my clients is the concept of responsibility. Being responsible is being clear that "only you should be satisfied with your decisions, and only he / she / they / they should be satisfied or satisfied with theirs." I mean, let's not confuse what I just said with "selfishness."

For example, if it is about health, “only I am responsible for my health, and only you for yours. Wanting me to change so that you feel safe is being selfish. I want you to change so that I have less fear, is to be selfish. Letting politicians decide on your health without questioning you, that is giving up your responsibility, but, at the end of the day, it is your decision. But wanting everyone to do the same (because that is how the media bombard us), that is an attack on the freedom of the human being and treating it like an irresponsible sheep.

Taking responsibility for your own decisions means thinking for yourself and not giving up that power to anyone. And to be able to make decisions, it is best to inform yourself well (intellectually) and, above all, raise your level of consciousness (wisdom). Remember that what can be true for the ego, falsehood is clearly seen from a higher level of consciousness. If for the ego a snake represents a problem, for the wisdom, that snake was nothing more than an illusion of lights and shadows and is nothing more than a simple rope exposed to little light.

Some practical exercises

Try a good diet (abundant in fruits and vegetables and reducing the consumption of meat). Stop watching junk news and shows (they calibrate below 200). Read more, dance more, sing, play and laugh more. Learn to open and listen to your heart. Learn to calm your mind. Get together with people who are awake and who are not carried away by fear. And why not… invest in a coaching process to surprise yourself and awaken the love and wisdom that dwells within you.