Misunderstanding Wisdom

The things I want to talk about have to my mind been so misrepresented and misunderstood that I hesitate to call them by name because people will think I’m talking about something I’m not (tricky). I could use your help here, because if you were to listen to the show with the idea that whatever you hear it will be the first time you have heard it, it would make my part in this that much easier. Often people ask me for help or question me as to my views, this may be because they are looking for answers to problems they can see I don’t have, or they want to know how I cope in a given situation but more often I find, it is because they believe they understand the problem and how to resolve it and part of that is getting me to go along with their way of thinking as if my agreement makes them right. If one has problems it surely follows that the issues are beyond ones understanding, otherwise one wouldn’t have the problems. If someone claims to have the answer to ones problems (assuming they are telling the truth) how could they impart this knowledge to one when clearly one lacks the ability to understand the issues? Teaching and giving understanding seems the obvious answer and yet even with one willing to teach and the other willing to learn misunderstanding is inevitable as the teacher attempts to address issues the pupil neither sees nor understands. So what hope is there for us? That’s what we will be getting into on the show, how can we improve our wisdom?