<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Spiritual language should open human contact... > Spiritual language should open human contact rather than close it. When a sacred term carries incompatible histories for different listeners, the teacher can preserve the underlying insight by translating it into several vocabularies without pretending the traditions are identical. **Source:** [[livestreams/Belief, Language, and the Psychosomatic Feedback Loop - Workbook|Belief, Language, and the Psychosomatic Feedback Loop]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Spiritual language should open human contact rather than close it. When a sacred term carries incompatible histories for different listeners, the teacher can preserve the underlying insight by translating it into several vocabularies without pretending the traditions are identical.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-spiritual-language-should-pretending-traditions-identical ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->