Unteachable Lessons: Why Wisdom Can't Be Taught (and Why That's Okay)
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We speak of spirituality as a тАЬjourney,тАЭ which implies not only a destination toward which we travel, but countless adventures encountered along the way. The journey is the destinationтАФboth at once. We may all be trying to get to the heart of God, but there are infinite ways to get there.┬а
Can wisdom collected along the pilgrim path even be captured in words, codified into a book? Probably not. And why do the wisest books refuse to offer glib formulas or step-by-step instructions for happiness or enlightenment? Why are the great spiritual classics mostly just an invitation to keep our eyes, earsтАФand especially heartsтАФopen?
Because weтАЩre often stumbling on miracles while weтАЩre looking for something else.
Using engaging and disarming stories from his own life, Carl McColman, a leading author of books in spirituality, gently leads readers toward a recognition that although the wisdom of the past is worth reading, hearing or reading othersтАЩ experience of God is ultimately no substitute for opening our own eyes, ears, and hearts to God.
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Carl McColman┬аis the author of┬аBefriending Silence, The Big Book of Christian Mysticism, Christian Mystics: 108 Seers, Saints and Sages, and┬аAnswering the Contemplative Call. He lives near Atlanta, Georgia, where he is the member of the Lay Cistercians of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit, a contemplative community under the spiritual guidance of Trappist monks.
