He's just reading. We are up to the entry called Yedi'ah (knowledge). How much Yedi'ah do we have? There is a lot of information out there in the world. Even if a person lives the life of Eliyahu, which is endless, he won't learn one thousandth of what's out there to learn. The Shamayim (Heaven) hold us accountable for whatever we were able to learn and didn't. They're going to ask him on the day of judgment, “Did you study the esoteric concepts, even the chariot, the Sitrei Torah (secrets of the Torah), the Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism)?” If a person doesn't know Sitrei Torah, they'll say—and all of a sudden he's going to be embarrassed. If a person doesn't enter these fields of esoteric study, better he didn't come into this world.
Now, of course, there are no claims on a person if he is not equipped or not capable and tries his best. What he is depends on his understanding, his abilities, and what he can learn. For example, a person should learn based on what the priority in life is. Number one: learn the Halakha Lema'ase (practical Jewish law), what dinim (laws) apply, and the Sifrei Musar, the books of ethics. The Shamayim, every day, you just try to pick up something that you didn't know the day before. And don't waste your time. Time is so precious, because with time you can acquire information. Don't waste it.
The book of the Avot says that whoever can study wisely and acquire new knowledge—if a person is able to study on a deeper level, he takes time to study Tehillim. And instead, he just reads Tehillim and Zohar. That's because instead of just reading and not understanding anything, you should spend your time understanding, delving. That's because a guy is reading Zohar, and we're saying that about Tehillim and Zohar. Imagine if a person, instead of learning, is just speaking idle chatter; instead of acquiring wisdom, he will surely acquire knowledge, which we can't acquire. That's even worse than somebody who did not learn at all, because you're taking your time and turning it into waste.
If a person has knowledge and has something to teach us—let's say, a person who doesn't have somebody to teach him—okay, so he's exempt. He doesn't have the brains. But a person has the brains and the ability, and he has somebody to teach him, and he's still wasting his time? Surely, the person doesn't have the same knowledge here, even if he doesn't have so much brains. But he can find himself a teacher who will teach him. He's not exempt. He's going to teach you, and the teacher will teach it to you. Let's go to the rabbi. Today we have books. I'm going to open up a sefer.
The wise man learns from everybody. Even if, let's say, a person didn't learn when he was young, he doesn't lose hope. He can learn, even in his old age. Learn when you get older. He goes, and the wise man learns. Go to the rabbis, and the wise man will become wise. Don't be embarrassed, and don't be ashamed to ask questions. If a person has wisdom, you have to teach others. Even if they don't ask you, you should teach them anyway. When you're sitting around people, switch the conversation or direct the conversation toward ethics and Musar, trying to steer the people in the right way. And tell them the right way.
Fortunately, there is a person who found wisdom for himself and then dispenses it to others. His reward is great. He's giving God great pleasure. The person who brings others back to religion speaks very highly of that. Wonder of wonders.