Faith Venture

Amazing that 2,600-year-old teaching remains as relevant today as when originally uttered.

The teacher gave the same instruction to all of us, and it was up to each student to absorb, digest, and develop the teaching within themselves.

A small group of would-be engineers in the lecture hall of our college chemistry class sat there during lecture making up some sort of obscene religion. I have no idea how well they did. The curve in the 700-person class was brutal. I remember an A on the mid-term and C as final grade. They didn’t pick up anything, I’m sure.

The word is responsibility. Many people want to be able to say whatever spouts out of their mind without assuming responsibility for repercussions. Many (or many parents) seem to think there is either osmosis or privilege that should get a student through. Who is responsible? The student! (That’s us.)

If a disciple is excessively emotional or if their mind is very rigid, good teachings will be distorted and the teacher’s wisdom will not be assimilated.

If we approach learning, or any conversation, with a mind cluttered with either chaos of emotions or rigidity of belief, we will fail to absorb the message and waste an opportunity to learn and grow.

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