The Sage is one (as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom. He is discerning, gnostic, insighted, insightful, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, sagacious, sophic and wise. He is someone who is venerated for the possession of wisdom, judgment, and experience. The Sage is able to enter into the depths of an abstruse subject, to detect motives, plans, etc. Sagacity adds to penetration a keen, practical judgment, which enables him to "probe" to guard against the designs of others, and to turn everything to the best possible advantage.

When considering the doctrines of the Sage, it is important to remember that they think of philosophy not as an interesting pastime or even a particular body of knowledge, but as a way of life.


Nearly every culture has its legendary Wise One, the man or woman or bird or beast that holds the answers to any question anyone could think to ask. The Guru sitting on the mountaintop, the noble Shaman breathing understanding with the air, the owl in the mystical Silverwood tree.

The Multiverse of which the world of Superguy is a part has, to its mild regret, the Sage. It's not that the Sage is lacking in the knowledge department.

On the contrary, he does, quite literally, know. In some cases it's intuition, in some cases it's deduction, in many cases it's his fiendishly clever understanding of random misprints in popular magazines. No, as a fount of knowledge, nobody's more accurate than the Sage.

Unfortunately, most everybody who meets him would like to punch him in the mouth. In some cases, the reason is petty jealousy or irritation. But even the people who don't mind that he knows so much don't really like him, because he's not very pleasant and he's not just a little smug about his knowledge. And any hint of a lack of faith in his facts, and you'll receive an unpleasantly loud reminder that-- "He is the SAGE…"

The Sage normally lives alone in a station that floats in deep space, sitting at the nexus of the weakest point of every Altiverse in the Multiverse. He can travel to any desired Altiverse at will (as can anybody in his station, by choosing the right exit).

 

 

 

 

Tao Te Ching

All in the world recognize the beautiful as beautiful.
Herein lies ugliness.
All recognize the good as good.
Herein lies evil.

Therefore
Being and non-being produce each other.
Difficulty and ease bring about each other.
Long and short delimit each other.
High and low rest on each other.
Sound and voice harmonize each other.
Front and back follow each other.

Therefore the Sage abides in the condition of
wu-wei (unattached action).
And carries out the wordless teaching.
Here, the myriad things are made, yet not separated.

Therefore the Sage produces without possessing,
Acts without expectations
And accomplishes without abiding in his accomplishments.

It is precisely because he does not abide in them
That they never leave him.

  

 

"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not
believe simply because it has been handed down for many generations.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by
many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is written in Holy
Scriptures. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of
Teachers, elders or wise men. Believe only after careful observation
and analysis, when you find that it agrees with reason and is
conducive to the good and benefit of one and all. Then accept it and
live up to it." -- The Buddha on Belief, from the "Kalama Sutta"

 

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