by Priscila Azeredo de Souza, 35yrs, London, UK
I am re-claiming my wisdom. I am a very wise woman, innately. My inner-heart knows everything and it considers everyone, spherically.
I became an intelligent woman… I learned how to be intelligent so I could hide my wisdom behind it.
How?
Intelligence does not challenge anyone; intelligence is challengeable. It lets irresponsibility have its way.
Intelligence is weak; it stands in the uncertainty, and on sloppy grounds.
Intelligence is selfish and it fosters separation. It’s a very sophisticated and calculated tool used to gain over others.
Intelligence is draining; it constantly needs to prove itself.
Intelligence plays games. It studies the adversary and cleverly puts him/her down.
Intelligence judges – more intelligent, less intelligent.
It fights, and it tries to prove itself.
Wisdom is different.
Wisdom asks you to be all that you are, to be true, to be responsible, to be an equal.
Wisdom challenges irresponsibility, wisdom challenges intelligence, wisdom challenges arrogance.
And it does it naturally so.
Wisdom does not fight, only presents.
Wisdom does not judge. It holds an understanding.
Wisdom does not play games. It knows the other person is equally wise and it calls us up, “Hey, what are you doing? You know you are Wise”.
I am very blessed to have so many wise people around me – they inspire me to be equally wise.
Wisdom is the intelligence of the inner-heart.
I am re-claiming my wisdom. I am a very wise woman.
Inspired by the work of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine
The Truth about Serge Benhayon 
Intelligence has taken a higher precedent in society over wisdom, wisdom comes from the connection we have with our body and our soul, and from that connection we have access to a greater knowledge.
I love how you simply differentiate between intelligence and wisdom, wisdom is the only choice in my opinion, ‘Wisdom asks you to be all that you are, to be true, to be responsible, to be an equal.’
Intelligence leads me to wanting to know so I fit in, when I already know – it prompts to own me through dulling my awareness with mostly food or checking out with sensational images reducing me and my truth of how amazing I am. Intelligence as it stands to me is evil – separation to my divinity.
Great wisdom you share Priscila, intelligence is far more lineal and wisdom has a far greater depth.
Thank you for sharing your wisdom Priscila, wisdom is the intelligence of the inner-heart and it asks is for
‘you to be all that you are, to be true, to be responsible, to be an equal.’ Wise and simple.
It was refreshing to reread your blog and be reminded of the difference between intelligence and wisdom. Thank you Priscila.
I love this Priscila, it’s straight to the point of what true intelligence is, so absolute in it’s presentation, awesome.
Thank you Priscila, I love the clarity you bring, always with your heart wide open embracing all.
We may well ask, just how ‘intelligent’ is it, to not hold another as our equal, let alone to judge and scorn someone as ‘less’ for not displaying whatever particular style of mental capabilities we happen to deem as ‘intelligent’, in the same way as we do…
Thank-you for defining the difference here Priscila, and exposing what you have of the illusionary fortresses that have been created to foster and give acclaim to ‘intelligence’, as opposed to the true and lived wisdom that resides in, and arises from, the inner-heart of our being – our connection to our soul.
Thank you for your exquisite examples on the truth of wisdom Priscila, when wisdom is claimed and lived it is has true power and is inclusive of everyone as you so beautifully express in this line ‘Wisdom asks you to be all that you are, to be true, to be responsible, to be an equal.’.
I once lived from my intelligence and I prided myself on it. I used it to feel better than others and to boost myself. But I always felt like a fraud and as if someone would see through it all. When they did not, I lost respect for them in some ways. I knew my intelligence wasn’t true, I knew it was a game I was playing and I knew it was a very shaky foundation on which to base my life. It needed constant feeding. As this gorgeous blog presents, wisdom is quite the opposite. It simply is and is solid, unwavering and very holding of all.
I love the feeling of wisdom, the fullness, the openness and the unmistakeable love I feel for all. I am eternally grateful I know this feeling in my body, for it is the marker I return to when moments of intelligence are let in to my days.
This is a superb differentiation that we need to be aware of. Looking at your list, it becomes rather obvious why so called intelligence is championed in the world we live in and some of us can be so intelligent in a way that we are very knowledgeable and/or highly academic, yet choose to be ignorant – true intelligence lets us know we are absolute equal, and I know for myself that this realization makes me think as if I do not matter, when in truth it is a confirmation that I am an essential piece that makes up the Whole, just like everyone else.
“I learned how to be intelligent so I could hide my wisdom behind it.” And it is very clear Priscilla you donot hide any longer with presenting so simple and clear the difference between intelligence and wisdom.
You so are Priscilla. Your powerful words remind me that we all have this capability as a young child. We come here as natural Doctors of life, Professors of energy and Deans of divinity. It is only as we cut out parts we don’t like along the way that we get to think we are not wise in any way.
Wisdom is in all of us, we can connect to it at any time and it is present and available to us consistently. All we have to do is connect to it and it is there for all assisting us to evolve.
Thank you Priscila for these confirming words on wisdom. How very empowering to be free to say “I am re-claiming my wisdom. I am a very wise woman.”
Very wise Priscila I love what you have shared about wisdom! This sentences got me most “Wisdom does not judge. It holds an understanding.” What would happen in the world if more people would get this Wisdom!!!
I love this part, ‘Wisdom is the intelligence of the inner-heart.’ Wisdom brings harmony, it is unimposing, it allows us space to ponder, to be playful and to really connect to what we feel is true.
“Wisdom is the intelligence of the inner-heart.” Love this Priscila. In the knowledge stakes there is always competition and comparison. When there is wisdom there is appreciation for the pearls of wisdom offered. Glorious to hear you say ” I am a very wise woman”.
Great article Priscila, I thought life was about gaining more knowledge being intelligent, and was always encouraged to learn, yet what you share here makes perfect sense, our wisdom is far greater than knowledge, because we are able to automatically tap into our inner wisdom if we choose, and knowledge is learnt by what we are mentally capable of remembering.
I have often heard intelligence used to justify something, and when intelligence is used it leaves what we truly know behind, when we use our innate wisdom we know there is so much more being offered than just intelligence, I am learning now to trust my wisdom more than the intelligence I know.
I have often heard intelligence used to justify something, and when intelligence is used it leaves what we truly know behind, when we use our innate wisdom we are being offered so much more then just intelligence, I am learning now to trust my wisdom more than the intelligence I know.
“Intelligence is draining; it constantly needs to prove itself” This sentence stands out for me as it shows that intelligence knows that it is not all there is that the mind is seeking. Wisdom is to allow the Ageless Wisdom to flow through you.
Intelligence, from the list you have shared feels very exhausting as we need to obtain, retain and maintain it, whereas wisdom just is, no trying to be better, no struggle to retain it, just the simple knowing that we hold within us all the wisdom that we will ever need, we just simply have to connect it to.
Absolutely brilliant blog Priscila ‘Wisdom is the intelligence of the inner-heart’. This is so true, beautifully expressed and very wise. Interestingly, intelligence is what is commonly being celebrated in our society, and wisdom is almost not acknowledged. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and inspiring us to also re-claim this within ourselves and share our innate wisdom with the world.
It feels like wisdom calls us to stop the game playing and come to greater responsibility.
Yes, indeed the intelligence you speak of is not so intelligent at all. There can be no true intelligence without love.
Yes Nicola, there can be no true intelligence without love. Well said.
Priscila great presentation on the difference of intelligence and wisdom. Your sharing reminded me of myself as a little girl before starting school. I felt so wise and knew much. Upon starting school, with the introduction to mindful intelligence and its yard stick of measured markings, that I felt eroded of my truthful knowing and wisdom within.
Thank you Priscila for your wise words – if only we lived and claimed this simple and powerful truth as children how different our lives and relationships would be.
‘Wisdom is the intelligence of the inner-heart.’ Brilliant blog Priscila, there is a huge difference between intelligence and wisdom. Interesting that our world currently celebrates intelligence, it is competitive and rewarded, yet I too can see that wisdom is in all of us and in our society it is seen as nothing unique or worth celebrating but this is back to front. Our wisdom is gold, so if we were to honour, celebrate and embrace our wisdom, true intelligence is then shared with everyone to unite humanity not separate.
It is truly intelligent to be wise. Great blog Priscilla.
Priscilla, you are so spot on the way you have contrasted the differences between intelligence and wisdom. Unfortunately our world currently values intelligence very highly and people are placed on pedestals if they are seen as being very intelligence. Yet often when we look more closely at the lives of people deemed intelligent, they are a mess. Wisdom on the other hand doesn’t ask for perfection but it does ask that we live from a truth that comes from inside of us and is there to guide us in every situation. I am finding new ways daily to listen to my wisdom and to love the replies I receive, even if they are sometimes challenging.
Hi Priscilla, just felt to add that wisdom does not argue or debate but builds on truth in a very unifying way.
Gorgeous Priscilla, wisdom is already there the day we are born, which is why young children unaltered by intelligence are asking us the challenging questions; it is great to know this and feel that intelligence as we came to know it, is there to not challenge the norms we have came to believe in, and as we all have this wisdom inside, we all know it doesn’t truly work.
Intelligence is learned. Wisdom is already known. A truly beautifully crafted blog, exposing the fallacy behind the notion of intelligence and expressing the true power to be found in wisdom.
Wise words by a wise woman living wisdom. Thank you Priscilla. This blog reveals the power and simplicity of wisdom beautifully.
Great blog, what you’ve shared about intelligence is so true, the list of things it does to people is so exposing. I have often felt very uncomfortable around intelligence and more at ease and inspired by wisdom.
Thank you for bringing such clarity to the true meaning of wisdom versus intelligence Priscilla.
Intelligence separates and judges and wisdom is unifying and truly loving.
Human intelligence has got the world into the mess that its in and wisdom will get us out of it.
Well said Joe!!
This is beautifully and simply expressed, the difference between the temporal worlds used form of intelligence, which divides humanity into being lesser or better that one another or true wisdom that presents knowing that innately we all are wise. “It knows the other person is equally wise and it calls us up “Hey what are you doing? You know you are wise”. Thank-you Priscilla for your wise words.
Priscilla I can relate to trying to prove myself and justify to others what I know is already true. And this is an exhausting way to live in carrying judgement and a need for others to “get it”. This is really well expressed when you say “Intelligence is draining; it constantly needs to prove itself” whereas “Wisdom does not fight, only presents… Wisdom does not judge. It holds an understanding.” Thank you for your very simple and wise blog.
What came to me as I was reading your blog Priscila is that I know all this. How is it that I have not seen the ‘fallibility’ of intelligence? As a Race of people we allow intelligence to rule our lives, we choose to live according to how ‘intelligent’ people dictate. We give our power away. What if all of Humanity choose to live by their own inner wisdom? As you have so beautifully said Priscila – ‘Wisdom does not play games. It knows the other person is equally wise and it calls us up, “Hey, what are you doing? You know you are Wise”. All of Humanity would be living the truth of who they are and all competition, comparison, envy, jealousy would be non existent. We are all in our ‘Wisdom’ – Equal
I love the way you have extended on this beautiful blog ch1956. I can see that I have given my power away to intelligence in order to avoid responsibility which is not very smart at all.
‘Wisdom asks you to be all that you are, to be true, to be responsible, to be an equal.’ – beautifully said. Thank you for revealing the difference in truth between the separative and isolating quality of intelligence that is only found outside of ourselves and the unifying oneness quality of wisdom that we all know and is accessible to all from within our inner-heart. Very powerfully expressed and claimed – thank you Priscila.
That is a blog full of wisdom . . . It is so good to read so clearly about the difference between intelligence and wisdom because in my observation the world is mixing it up. Thank you so much Priscila for being so wise to follow your impulse to write about this needed topic.
Thank you Priscila, for expressing so beautifully your wisdom, our wisdom, very inspiring.
Exquisitely expressed Priscila, and soooo inspiring. I’m with you and choose to live wisdom as my way. It is so more powerful than intelligence that always seems to be missing a part of the picture.
Wisdom can not calculate and deceive.
Intelligence compared to wisdom is like comparing those simple solar powered calculator to a super computer.
Agree, in respect there is no comparison… haha great analogy Simon.
I’m claiming it with you, and so many others, Pricilla!
A very wise blog indeed.
I love how you have clearly shared the difference of intelligence and wisdom.. I can think of time where i’ve been in each and it’s a very beautiful feeling when I’m sharing my wisdom. When I share just intelligence, it may be satisfactory but at the end of the day, i’m unfulfilled.
Priscila, awesome blog. Simple, profound. I love what you write here: “I learned how to be intelligent so I could hide my wisdom behind it.” Reclaiming your wisdom is a very wise move.
Thank you for sharing your understanding of wisdom Priscila, I feel it is amazing to know that with wisdom it comes from within, truly connecting to ourselves and trusting what we know to be true. As you so clearly say – intelligence requires effort, push, force and a forever need to prove ourselves – no wonder we are all so exhausted living in this way. It feels more natural to come back to ourselves and live from our innate wisdom, this is our true way of being.
Beautiful and wise blog Priscilla. You have captured the difference between wisdom and intelligence perfectly. Intelligence comes from what we have learnt, whereas wisdom comes from what we have lived. Awesome.
I love your expansion on this. “Intelligence comes from what we have learnt, whereas wisdom comes from what we have lived.” That is beautiful and reminds me that how we live is so hugely important.
‘Intelligence comes from what we have learnt, whereas wisdom comes from what we have lived’. This is so true. Very well said universallivinguk.
Hear, hear Universallivinguk very well said and spot on, so rich, wholesome and inspiring. Thank you!
Very wise words from a wise woman. As you say intelligence is draining and I can really feel that as I read this article. This is a superb article articulating so clearly the differences between intelligence and wisdom.
So clearly expressed, intelligence is always striving and in competition with others and self to have more knowledge than another. Wisdom knows it all already. The last statement is so profound “Wisdom is the intelligence of the inner-heart.”
I love this part too Mary, wisdom doesn’t have to prove anything, it doesn’t feed arguments or competitiveness, when wisdom is presented there is often silence and appreciation follows.
“Wisdom asks you to be all that you are, to be true, to be responsible, to be an equal.” Such wise words, Priscila, from a wise woman – thank you for the clear and simple presentation of intelligence versus wisdom.
The simplicity in your words Priscila shows what wisdom is truly about. I could really feel the difference in how intelligence is always striving to be better and coming from a ‘lack’ or emptiness, but wisdom has nothing to prove and nowhere to go, it’s already whole.
Wow, Michael, this is a fantastic comment! I agree 100%.
Me too. So aptly expressed michaelgoodhart36. Intelligence and wisdom are like complete opposites of each other.
Wise words from a wise woman. Loved your blog Priscila. As Leigh expressed there is no trying when we connect to our wisdom. It does not exhaust us the way the search for intelligence does.
Spot on Leigh, it is very exhausting to search for intelligence and it is endless.
I could feel the difference between Intelligence and Wisdom as I read this blog. The exhausting process of the constant gain for intelligence is frail compared to the strong stance that wisdom holds. I have experienced this strength within my role models and in myself at times and that is truly inspiring.
Thank you Priscila, this is so simple, short and profound! “Wisdom does not play games. It knows the other person is equally wise and it calls us up, “Hey, what are you doing? You know you are Wise”.” So true! Thank you again for bringing such clarity to two words that often get misconstrued and allowing the reader to feel the truth and real meaning behind intelligence and wisdom.
Beautifully presented Priscila. Wisdom has such depth in clarity.
Beautiful Priscila. Thank you for the loving clarity of your expression.
Amazing and so simply written – Thank You Priscila.
The wisdom shines forth from your expression with such clarity – thank you Priscila.
I love your blog, Priscila. I suspect anyone can feel the truth of your words, whether they have actually experienced it themselves or not. For some readers it may be their first step towards wisdom, for others it will confirm what they know to be true and thus commit them to living it more fully. Isn’t it amazing what can be accomplished with a short blog written in wisdom?
Beautiful and such a powerful sharing. Thank you Priscila…
I love the quality and equality of wisdom. It is inclusive to all and it is within us all…
And it’s free, resting in the inner heart of every human being.
Your expression here Priscila goes deep and wide and is now a marker for us all. With heartfelt thanks.
Simply beautiful Priscila, your love and wisdom flow through this precise and powerful post, thank you.
Priscila, your inner wisdom shines through in the simplicity of this writing. Thanks for sharing your wisdom, which has inspired me to connect more to mine.
Priscila, this is so full of Truth and Wisdom. An expression filled with grace and an inspiration to all. It is being printed out to put on the wall above my desk to read daily! Thank you.
Thank you Priscila for these words of Wisdom, presented for us from your deep understanding and knowing of how it is, to be humbly and graciously wise.
What a blessing in these words – thank you…
I completely love this – the beauty and simplicity of this wisdom is so healing of the complexity and games we play to hide our hurt. Thank you Priscila.
Awesomely said Lyndy, as a friend has recently mentioned: ‘The Art of Simplicity’.
Priscila, thank you, as with you re-claiming your wisdom it inspires others to do the same. I will be listening more deeply to my inner-heart today.
Beautiful Sally. Wisdom is indeed deeply inspiring.
I love this. Intelligence takes a constant effort to be ahead in the game whereas wisdom is just there waiting to be connected to, felt and then expressed. Wisdom takes no effort.
Thank you Toni and yes, intelligence is draining. I remember not that long ago how frustrated and overwhelmed I would get about the amount of things that I needed to know, to study, to learn… endless and never enough. There is an infinite and effortless intelligence in Wisdom which I am only starting to connect to.
This is so, so true Toni, I can totally relate to this and very well said. Wisdom is for sure effortless and deeply inspiring. I find it so much easier to connect with someone who is expressing from their wisdom.
Thank you Priscila, I hear your wisdom, it speaks so clearly and simply. It is a wisdom that addresses all.
Priscila – this is an exquisite expression of the truth of wisdom. Your words walk all over the so called wisdom of many New Age writers, and show them to be false. Your words are there to be read again and again, and to let the layers of truth that are held within to unfold and lovingly reveal the wisdom we all have. Thank you…