Living in the current Information Age, our field of vision is swamped with innumerable bits and bytes of data. We are caught in a never-ending torrent that exhausts our faculties of discrimination, organization, and prioritzation. Reality is constantly shifting, and we are hard-pressed to orient ourselves and gain a foothold on any path. We have a nagging feeling of dis-ease that is the hallmark of our times. What we crave is to be in the presence of wisdom. Not information, not even intellectual understanding, although these are useful tools in the pursuit of wisdom.

Wisdom cannot be seen. It cannot be proved, but there are many ways to enter it's presence if we make it our quest.  The word "quest" is related to the word "question."  By the word "quest," we mean here an open-ended question. As Lois McMaster Bujold  has said, “The most important thing about quests…[is] not in finding what you went looking for, but in finding what you never could have imagined before you ventured forth.

 Wisdom is a quality that can only be experienced in certain inner states, in the presence of one who is wise, or in places of mystery. It is accompanied by an immediate sense that all is well, and even though we know there is no end to the path, we are energized and strangely content. The very act of treading is wonderful because we are both creating and following our paths.