"The word philosophy, from the Greek, means "love of wisdom" or "love of Sophia." It is noteworthy that there is a female name for the word wisdom. We might consider that wisdom is about the birth and nurturing of insight. Philosophy is then the love of birthing and nurturing insight, which has a maternal feel. Such love is a creative act."
"A significant impediment to listening to our hearts is an intellectual bypass. This bypass translates instinctive urges, emotions, and bodily sensations into concepts. A tight gut, feeling fear, or having an urge to act are converted into abstract ideas. Abstraction acts as a kind of insulation from the unease and vulnerability we can experience when paying attention to what is happening in our bodies."
Personal philosophy is defined as the love of birthing and nurturing insight; wisdom is framed as a maternal, creative process that shapes identity and actions. The Greek root of philosophy denotes "love of wisdom" and connects wisdom to Sophia. Cultivating insight and integrating it gives rise to who one becomes and how one relates to life. Living a personal philosophy means allowing what one loves to guide actions. A major barrier is the intellectual bypass, which turns bodily sensations, instincts, and emotions into abstract concepts, insulating individuals from the unease and vulnerability of attending to lived bodily experience.
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