Speaking of the "wellsprings of wisdom" (see above), the concept comes from an interesting story in the Jewish Talmud: It is told that while we are still in our mother's womb, the Almighty sends an angel to sit beside us and teach us all the wisdom we'll ever need to know about living. Then, just before we are born, the angel taps us under the nose - forming that indentation that everyone has. And we forget everything the angel taught us. *However* - it's still there, just forgotten.
What lesson can such a story forever imbue in the psyche of a young child? That we can look inside ourselves to learn about life. Embedded deep in our consciousness is the knowledge about the purpose of creation, how to live, how to love, how to reach our potential. It's all there. We just need to make the effort to remember.
"THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX" PEOPLE
Here's someone well worth visiting ... Martin Willett ... I wasn't sure where to include this section so it gets a line all by it's lonesome. This comes from the Martin Willett's site; the introduction page explains how sections got here. Willett is a most original thinker, and not afraid to express unpopular ideas. We might not agree (although I am fascinated with his ideas) but to ignore his writing is to have a closed mind and is unfair to one's personal growth. Martin Willett is thinking "out of the box" and you have to applaud a man for that.
Now here is another man who not only is an original thinker, but who also has a hobby quite out of the usual way of a college professor's stereotype. And I promise there is absolutely nothing stereotypical about this Prof ... Jerome Huyler ... an authority on John Locke, the 17th Century's English philosopher. You'll have to contact him to know his hobby.
Behold ... What doth we have here?