Wisdom as our Guide

Wisdom reveals itself & guides us when we let go of our limiting beliefs.

We can spend years searching for wisdom in all the wrong places. We may think it can only be acquired through intense struggle or when we reach a future, perfected version of ourselves. However, when we let go of our old stories, habits & beliefs, a deeper, wiser intelligence guides our words and actions.

There is a silence beneath the noise of our thinking, a field of stillness that Eckhart Tolle calls Presence. When we rest here, even for a moment, something extraordinary happens: what we say and do arises from a deeper intelligence than the restless mind.

To live wisely is to recognise that life is always wiser than our attempts to control it. We discover that the ideas we cling to—the beliefs about who we should be, the fears about what we might lose—are veils hiding wisdom. When those veils thin, we see differently, we act differently. Words spoken from the wisdom of Presence have a luminosity that cuts through confusion. Actions align & nourish ourselves and the greater whole.

Sages across traditions have said that wisdom is inseparable from humility. The more we dissolve the grip of ego—the incessant need to be right, to be recognised, to be secure—the more wisdom flows effortlessly.

To walk with wisdom is to let the deeper rhythm of Being guide us. It is to live in such a way that each moment, however ordinary, is lit from within by Presence. And as we do, we find that life unfolds with a quiet grace, supporting not only our own awakening but the awakening of the whole.

Books can be companions to remind us of the depth of our being & the wisdom contained within.

Meggan Watterson’s The Girl Who Baptised Herself points us back to the courage of reclaiming inner authority &  trust the voice within.

Natalie Kyriacou’s Nature’s Last Dance* widens our vision, calling us to ecological wisdom—courage in the face of extinction, and love for a fragile planet that is inseparable from our own unfolding.

Mette Menzies’ The Watervale Ladies Writing and Firefighting Society* shows wisdom as the fruit of friendship and reinvention, the courage to begin again when life opens unexpected doors.

Gina Chick’s We Are the Stars speaks of embodied wisdom. It rises from raw experience, wilderness, love and loss, reminding us that life itself is the teacher when we are willing to listen deeply.

Melanie Spears’ 2026 Gratitude Diary  anchors wisdom in daily reflection. Gratitude, practiced with intention, keeps us steady in presence and aligned with what is real.

Jake Baddeley’s The Baddeley Tarot invites us into symbolic wisdom, where myth and intuition offer insight beyond the grasp of the rational mind.

And Elizabeth Gilbert’s All the Way to the River* shows how wisdom can be born through heartbreak, addiction, and liberation—love’s power to strip us bare and reveal the deeper freedom waiting underneath.

Each book shines a light on a different face of wisdom. They remind us that wisdom is an inside job!

*The books referred to in this writing are available in-store only at Berry. Please visit us or phone the store if you would like them to be posted to you.

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Patsy/Purnima Griffiths

Thanks to Jane Ewins for the  wisdom writing & editing with some help from Gemini .