HIGHERsight     Roads to Wisdom and The Way to  Enlightenment VadiK Inventor Author Founder   Education brings knowledge. Applying knowledge brings wisdom. Silencing knowledge brings enlightenment.   If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. Buddha The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. Socrates The wiser I grow, the clearer I see the beauty around me, the more I value it, and the less I want to possess it. VadiK Inventor Author Founder Each time you choose reflection over anger and love over revenge you grow wiser and happier. ~ Vadim Kotelnikov   Win wisely – conquer your weaknesses.  Conquering yourself helps you grow wiser and brings lasting happiness.   People are not divided into us and them, they are divided into wise ones and fools, and it is the fools who divide themselves into us and them. VadiK Inventor Author Founder Divine messages are everywhere, but an open and prepared mind only can notice and understand them. VadiK Inventor Author Founder   Comprehension Divine Comprehension Challenge Assumptions Holistic Thinking Critical Thinking Perceptual Positions Think for Your Enemies Empathize with Customers Wise Listening Engage All Your Senses Listen to the Universe   The universe and the light of the stars come through me. Rumi Slides   HIGHERsight   Notes   Oracle An oracle is a person who provides highersight, enlightened counsel or prophetic predictions, most notably including precognition of the future. → Example   The Third Eye Predictions on AI Impact: 3 Scenarios   One World, One Way, Many Paths   The Power of Flexible Thinking Buddha, Lao Tzu, Confucius, Aristotle, Socrates, Muhammad, Tolstoy... They all thought and spoke not in English, but in more flexible languages characterized by flexible word order. More flexible languages allow not only to express thoughts, but also to think more flexibly, diversely, and holistically.   Barriers To and Enablers of Systems Thinking Sources of China's Sustainable Competitive Advantage     Ancient Taoist Meditation I close my eyes... and see clearly... I stop trying to listen... and hear truth...   Taoism Ancient Taoist Meditation   Those who know don't talk, those who talk don't know. Lao Tzu Buddha's Path To Liberation Buddha     From right understanding proceeds right thought; from right thought proceeds right speech; from right speech proceeds right action; from right action proceeds right livelihood; from right livelihood proceeds right effort; from right effort proceeds right awareness; from right awareness proceeds right concentration; from right concentration proceeds right wisdom; from right wisdom proceeds right liberation.         Waltz Up through Understanding to Liberation     Above all virtues is wisdom, for every virtue without wisdom is empty. Peter the Great There are knowledgeable people, and there are wise people. Knowledgeable people are those who know a lot. Wise people are those who understand what they know. Mikhail Zadornov I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates. Steve Jobs Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel... Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. Socrates Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. Aristotle If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. René Descartes I think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, and the truth comes to me. Albert Einstein The only "definitive truth" for Buddhism is the absolute negation of any one truth as the Definitive Truth. Dalai Lama XIV Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in. Alan Alda The truest wisdom is a resolute determination. Napoleon There's a guaranteed element of risk in any business, so experiment – but experiment wisely. Michael Dell< Keep learning forward for if you strop learning, you stop creating history and become history. VadiK Inventor Author Founder