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Clever Versus Intelligent
Environmental educator David Orr warns that a danger of education is that we end up clever rather than intelligent. We can memorize concepts, perform tasks, repeat back information without once grappling with their implications or meaning.
I have met people with years of mediation or qigong practice, who have been unable to benefit from this at times when they really needed to - they had become clever in their practice. To approach the internal arts intelligently, I think, means to accept the tradition, practice it carefully and allow it to change you. Reflection is different from questioning in the same way that intelligent is different from clever.Posted on May 27, 2011 with 1 note
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Discover the Internal Arts
Classes in Qigong (Qi Gong), Taiji (Tai Chi), Xingyi (Hsin i) and Bagua (Pa Kua) in Guelph, Ontario. Learn these
traditions in an open, non-competitive environment.
Information on the club, class schedules and resources for students can be found in the navigation bar above.
I hope the blog entries below provide interesting reading and food for thought for everyone interested in the internal arts.
