I agree about the trickiness of the english words "wisdom" and "knowledge".
The various skillful means and methods given or used, including your own, to permit to shift the sense of "I, the experiencer", from cerebral-ego-based-self-identity to awareness itself, will work according to the degree of availability and open-ness of our mind and heart. Skill from experience (not from knowledge) and compassion for self-and-others are not mutually exclusive.
Barriers melt with understanding and trust.