Meditation is for the purpose of clarity. At least this is one of the purposes. Through this clarity of your mind you achieve awareness of yourself and the world. And, the Yoga Sutra would say, you achieve Vidya or wisdom.
I love meditation. I love practicing a state of stillness and clarity, yet for me, this is a time to ponder what I already know. Maybe a scripture: “A person’s wisdom yields patience, it is to one’s glory to overcome an offense.”
Maybe it is just dwelling on one-word attributes of God. Or maybe it is just stillness, giving your brain a rest. Yet I have never discovered wisdom by myself. So, I opened up Proverbs because I remembered it had a lot to say about wisdom. This is what it said. Wisdom is not discovered. It is learned. Wisdom is acquired when we listen to those older than us who have moved successfully through stages of life we are just entering. Wisdom comes from many years of growing faithfully with God.
This one verse stuck out to me and seemed to contrast these two ways of thinking: Wisdom as discovered awareness and wisdom as learned. “The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But a wise man is he who listens to counsel.” Proverbs 12:15
Very good! I agree, wisdom comes from God.