Yet the reality of beingness of who we really are is not merely the mind, for we can control the mind and utilize it as a faculty. To differentiate primary knowledge from secondary knowledge, we could say that awareness is that knowledge which is directly experienced. We can have knowledge of an event by observing it ourselves or by learning about it from someone else. The former we call awareness, the latter knowledge. These are receptive characteristics of consciousness.
Wisdom is the ability to utilize awareness and knowledge in successful ways.
Thus wisdom is the ultimate objective goal of education. The subjective goal of education is the liberation of the self. Thus to become more aware of one's own actions and their consequences for which one is responsible, one must study one's own creations. By analyzing the patterns in one's life, corrections and improvements can be made to achieve the goals one decides upon. The assertion of one's self-reliance in the acceptance of freedom and the responsibility for it, is usually a turning point in what has been called the spiritual path.