Gruner, Seascape, 1923
There are two kinds of intelligence: One
acquired,
as a child in school memorizes facts and
as a child in school memorizes facts and
concepts
from books and from what the teacher says,
collecting information from the traditional
from books and from what the teacher says,
collecting information from the traditional
sciences
as well as from the new sciences.
as well as from the new sciences.
With such intelligence you rise in the world.
You get ranked ahead or behind others
in regard to your competence in retaining
information. You stroll with this intelligence
in and out of fields of knowledge, getting
You get ranked ahead or behind others
in regard to your competence in retaining
information. You stroll with this intelligence
in and out of fields of knowledge, getting
always more
marks on your preserving tablets.
marks on your preserving tablets.
There is another kind of tablet, one
already completed and preserved inside you.
A spring overflowing its springbox. A freshness
in the center of the chest. This other
already completed and preserved inside you.
A spring overflowing its springbox. A freshness
in the center of the chest. This other
intelligence
does not turn yellow or stagnate. It’s fluid,
and it doesn’t move from outside to inside
through the conduits of plumbing-learning.
does not turn yellow or stagnate. It’s fluid,
and it doesn’t move from outside to inside
through the conduits of plumbing-learning.
This second knowing is a fountainhead
from within you, moving out.
from within you, moving out.
Rumi
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