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3. narrative
Richard Rohr's Daily Meditation
From the Center for
Action and Contemplation
Week Eight: Wisdom
A Seminary of Life
To understand the world knowledge is
not enough, you must see it, touch it, live in its presence. —Teilhard de
Chardin, Hymn of the Universe
Suppose a superstar of knowledge moves into your house as a
boarder. With three PhDs after his name, he sits at your supper table each
evening dispensing information about nuclear physics, cyberspace, and
psychoneuroimmunology, giving ultimate answers to every question you ask. He
doesn’t lead you through his thinking process, however, or even involve you in
it; he simply states the conclusions he has reached.
We might find his conclusions interesting and even helpful, but
the way he relates to us will not set us free, empower us, or make us feel good
about ourselves. His wisdom will not liberate us, it will not invite us to
growth and life; indeed, it will in the end make us feel inferior and
dependent. That’s exactly how we have treated Jesus. We have treated him like a
person with three PhDs coming to tell us his conclusions.
This is not the path to wisdom nor is it how Jesus shared his
wisdom with those who wanted to learn from him. Rather Jesus teaches his
disciples through his lifestyle, a kind of “seminary of life.” He takes them
with him (Mark 1:16–20) and watching him, they learn the cycle and rhythm of
his life, as he moves from prayer and solitude to teaching and service in
community. As Cynthia Bourgeault explains in her book The Wisdom Jesus,
he taught as a moshel moshelim, or a teacher of wisdom. [1] He
doesn’t teach his disciples mere conceptual information as we do in our
seminaries. Rather, he introduces them to a lifestyle and the only way he can
do that is to invite them to live with him. He invites us to do the same (see
John 1:39).
“But the crowds got to know where he had gone and they went
after him. He made them welcome and he talked to them about the kingdom of God
and he cured those who were in need of healing” (Luke 9:11). Can’t you just see
the apostles standing at Jesus’ side, watching him, noticing how he does
things: how he talks to people, how he waits, how he listens, how he’s patient,
how he depends upon God, how he takes time for prayer, how he doesn’t respond
cynically or bitterly, but trustfully and yet truthfully? Can you imagine a
more powerful way to learn?
Luke tells us that
Jesus walked the journey of faith just as you and I do. That’s the compelling
message of the various dramas where Jesus needed faith—during his temptation in
the desert, during his debates with his adversaries, in the garden of
Gethsemane, and on the cross. We like to imagine that Jesus did not doubt or
ever question his Father’s love. The much greater message is that in his
humanity, he did flinch, did ask questions, did have doubts—and still remained
faithful. This is the path of wisdom.
[1] Cynthia Bourgeault, The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind—A New
Perspective on Christ and His Message (Shambhala:
2008), 23.
Adapted from Richard Rohr, What the Mystics Know: Seven Pathways to Your Deeper Self (Crossroad
Publishing: 2015), 14, 108, 118.
4. discussion
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