Breaking past traditions, he felt it was not unseemly for a king or queen to read and write.

~ Prince Charlemagne ~
What sense is there ruling over a ship of fools ..

The universe is the vast architectural scheme  which man must adapt to the building of the temple empire.  The pattern in space must be captured by the ingenuity of man.  Wisdom is man discovering the laws of the universe and the discovering of the great rules of building.
The Kabbalah brought insight to an unruly delinquent European mind.  There is a vast difference in knowledge and understanding.   Mans ability to grasp the universal purpose and knowledge is only a perpetuation of mans opinions.  Understanding has to do with the vast laws of universe and the mysterious energies we are all subject to.  Knowledge is simply a reciting of facts gathered by other men. 
Men of understanding are still the only ones who can work together successfully to cause greatness and for the common good of all.  Fools therefore cannot achieve, because, it is about what they can get from it and there is no and understanding that we are all part of the house of universal progress.  Fools go on strike if there isn't enough in it for them and this is a very unhealthy attitude.  We have a lot of this going on now.
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