"Seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom;
yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom;
seek learning, even by study and also by faith."
Doctrine and Covenants 88:118

"And the gatherer sought to find pleasing words, worthy writings, words of Truth."
Ecclesiastes 12:10



Wednesday, October 17, 2018

The Spirit enlighteneth every man through the world

I've often speculated that the word "through" in D&C 84:46 might not just mean that the spirit enlightens men throughout the world, but also that the spirit uses our experiences in the world to enlighten us if we will allow it.  Vaclav Havel has something similar to say -

"And here we encounter, in a new form, the profoundly paradoxical nature of human existence: the "I" can only approach the kind of Being it longs for (i.e., in the fullness of being) through its own existence-in-the-world, and the manner of that existence.  It can neither skip over that existence, nor get around, nor avoid it nor ignore it."

Vaclav Havel
Letters to Olga

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