It hit me. There has to be a way to figure out if any modern-day wisemen exist. I mean, if there were 3 who visited the stable when Jesus was born, that would lead one to the assumption that there may be others like those three, and oh boy the things we might be able to learn from them!
What classified those 3 as wisemen? Were they wise because they knew of God? Were they wise because they were very skilled in a particular trait? Perhaps they were wise because they called themselves wise, and by definition anyone who calls themselves wise must be wise, right? Maybe they are wise because others chose to think that they knew what they were doing, but they really had no idea. Maybe they knew that they had no idea and that is what made them wise, or perhaps they knew that they knew nothing and would continue to know nothing for eternity, because the wonders of existence are likewise infinite. So then the they may be called wise because they understand the nature of reality, and they understand the power of choice, and the power of destiny.
Perhaps they are wise because they do not believe that all *men* were created equal, but instead they believe all life to be created equal. Perhaps they understood things about the way the universe works that other people did not understand.
Let's think about this for a second: If there were 3 who traveled to witness the birth of Jesus, then it would be safe to assume that there are hundreds, if not thousands more of them by now.
Where are they? Completely gone? Hidden? Are they members of secret societies? Illuminati? Or elusive occult sects? My answer would be yes....and no. An important question would be: where are all the wisewomen? All jokes aside, they must exist too, although i have never heard the term wisewoman before. No offense meant to any, just pointing that its not a term used commonly when discussing the nature of reality or existence, it is certainly not an impossibility to start using the term.
What if they were wise enough to know the answers to nearly any question you could ever ask, but they had no way of delivering the answer in a way that would be understood by those they told the answers to? Looking at the paradoxical nature of everything, it might be possible to understand the concept, but be inexplicable to anyone else who didn't already understand the same thing.
Well, its certainly food for thought. And I'm very hungry for answers.
I've determined that I am going to call myself a wiseman. I'll let you know that I don't really know much about anything. But perhaps that's what awards me that title. I mean, I didn't get the idea to self-determine wisdom because I was confident, no, only because I'm pretty humble. Anyway, I'm getting a little lonely out here in the wonders of cyberspace so:
If you find yourself, and you are humble enough to be wise, let me know, we could have a great many conversations.
Peace and Love,
Matthew
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