Teaching

Then said a teacher, Speak to us of Teaching.

Then a teacher said, Tell us about Teaching.

And he said:

And he said:

“No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.

“No one can reveal anything to you except what already lies half asleep in your growing knowledge.

The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness.

The teacher walks among his followers in the shadow of the temple. He gives them not his wisdom, but his faith and love.

If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.

If he is truly wise, he does not invite you into the house of his wisdom. Instead, he leads you to the threshold of your own mind.

The astronomer may speak to you of his understanding of space, but he cannot give you his understanding.

The astronomer may tell you what he understands about space, but he cannot give you that understanding.

The musician may sing to you of the rhythm which is in all space, but he cannot give you the ear which arrests the rhythm nor the voice that echoes it. And he who is versed in the science of numbers can tell of the regions of weight and measure, but he cannot conduct you thither.

A musician may sing to you of the rhythm in all space. But he cannot give you the ear to catch that rhythm or the voice to echo it. A person skilled in the science of numbers can tell you about the realms of weight and measure. But he cannot lead you there.

For the vision of one man lends not its wings to another man.

For one person's vision cannot lend its wings to another.

And even as each one of you stands alone in God’s knowledge, so must each one of you be alone in his knowledge of God and in his understanding of the earth.

Just as God knows each of you individually, each of you must know God and understand the earth alone.