Thank you, Mike. I like your idea about the connection between learning and repentance.

I have fallen in love with learning. We want to know things so we can take comfort and security from certainty, to gain a sense of control. As Benedict says, "Always, we begin again." I have come to see learning, beginning, and "unknowing" as much more authentic ways of appreciating the truth of life. When we acknowledge that we are not in control, we can be more open to the reality of the world.