Sage & Fool Short List

SAGE:

• Light Side
• Knowledge is more factual based and taking everything in
• Wisdom is processing that information and applying the facts to understanding
• Dispelling illusion
• Always looking for the truth
• Highest freedom: freedom from attachment and illusion
• Sees room for correction (error, not sin)
• Looks for a solution, doesn’t just act on things
• Shadow:
• Controlling
• Uses knowledge to dominate others
• Excessive criticism  

FOOL

• Light Side
• Enjoys life one day at a time
• Doesn’t worry about anything but the present 
• Turns everything into a joke – sees the comic side
• Curious about adventure 
• If something is serious, he shows us the funny side (every situation)
• Commits to a relationship after being intimidated at first
• Shadow
• Intimidated by love at first
• Not responsible 

So... what is the difference between a trickster and fool?