The geniuses I have met in my life have been few; I have however met many who thought they were…
I have met a lot of religious people in my life, I had the pleasure of attending a catholic university – I left there as an atheist…
The main characteristic that the people who thought there were geniuses and most of the very religious had in common was arrogance. Just my experience, it doesn’t mean it is true.
I met a priest recently in the Czech Republic, he lives on the edge of Prague and runs the St James church. In my opinion he is a very intelligent individual, he is easy to talk with, and has no problem with questions – there is no or little arrogance to be seen in him.
I like the idea that Elizabeth Gilbert puts forward in this video – not owning the genius in yourself. I had to the pleasure of studying Greek history while at uni, the idea of the muse – great.
When people take too much outward pleasure in their own self I do get uncomfortable – though I do believe one should see and acknowledge internally ones own achievements.
While walking the Camino I met many people who were questioning their world, their world view, and their place in it. Many of these people were like me; they were getting to know themselves for the first time. I believe the Camino is a great place to start on this road of knowing oneself – but then I had been reading a load of Socrates the first time I walked down the Camino Frances…