Transformation To Wisdom Assignment

One of the four dimensions of wisdom that Caroline Bassett outlined in "Emergent Wisdom" was Transformation.  This spoke of how part of wisdom is constantly adapting, and acquiring new knowledge.  It is not stagnant and set, but wisdom can always be improved and new lessons can always be learned.  This idea came up in "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" (by Robert Pirsig).  Phaedrus had sought understanding and deeper knowledge and the truth about reality.  Early on, he had been consumed with this search to know more.  He was willing to change his point of view and transform his thinking as he acquired wisdom.  He questioned everything, from sculptures to personalities to the success and failures of his students.  Eventually, though, he gave up and settled for an easy life, one which involved little thinking, and no all-out search for the truth.  This emphasizes that wisdom isn't found in a man in a hut somewhere in the obscure wilderness, or in those who are old and speak slowly and bend over with the weight of many years.  Instead, wisdom is found by those who receive God's truth and make continual efforts to see more of it and let life be presented in a new light.