Episode 6 -- Abandonment to Divine Providence Bk 1 ch 1.5 -- Reading Can be Harmful

Is reading, even spiritual reading, sometimes bad?

Reading in itself is good. But everything must be read at the right time and in the right way. De Caussade insists that reading for mere curiosity or outside of God's will for us can actually darken our minds. Spiritual reading is one of the greatest things we can do. But let us read what God really wants us to read.