Chapter 2: Gifts needed by an abbot or abbess (paragraph 1)

[E]verything he or she commands or teaches should be like a leaven of the holiness that comes from God infused into the minds of their disciples.

(From para. 1 of Ch. 2 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry OSB, 1997.)

The rising power of leaven vividly speaks to me of a consciousness that is expanded by the power of selfless attention. For me, the practice of meditation is the greatest teacher.