On Teaching | Khalil Gibran

On Teaching. Here's a wonderful poem by the great Kahlil Gibran from his work "The Prophet".
Gibran Khalil Gibran (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) was a Lebanese-American writer, poet, and visual artist in the Sufi / Christian mystic tradition, usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran, Photo by 雨 空.

Transcript

No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies,

Half asleep,

In the dawning of your 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.

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.

The astronomer may speak to you of his understanding of space,

But he cannot give you his 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.

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

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.

Reviews

Ah this is lovely
It feels like self sovereignty
It's always nice to hear your voice
Love and blessings to you Wood

I facilitate yoga in a prison. This is a beautiful message to share with the yogis there. 🙏🏼