Wisdom’s Ancient Wells

wells of wisdom
how many are there
only one
or
one for each culture
civilization
creed or
persuasion

how many ‘truths’
are there
only one
who decides
“whichever interpretation
prevails at a given time
is a function of power
and not truth.” –Nietzsche

does it not benefit us
to reexamine
rethink our sources
our fundamentals
from time to time
a healthy skepticism to
help avoid the
entropy of hubris

as the old Taoist saying
suggests concerning the
undefinable tao or ultimate truth/s
‘those who know don’t say and
those who say don’t know’
so which ‘power’
defines doubt or
skepticism as a negative

skepticism is essential on
the road to wisdom’s wells
initiated by nagging doubts
large or small, tickling the back
corners of the mind
creates positively skeptical
tastebuds sipping
from widom’s wells

should we not be
skeptics listening to the
‘wisdom’ of all ‘gurus’
and all self or establishment
proclaimed speakers
or masters of the
ancient wells
of wisdom

–LE

PS: So, do we choose our own path, or is that the delusion of least resistance? I suspect that anyone who truly thinks about it either knows or strongly intuits the ‘truth’…