The Teacher

One has discussions with people who are seeking an awakening an illuminating event that will take one to a higher level. Some actually believe that they have been awakened through the teachings of another either personally or through there writings. One should realize that one cannot experience the truth of what is through another. They are only repeating that which they have read or been taught. It is the repetition of the old. It may have a new wrapping but it is still the old. If one believes or "knows" that one is awakened, then one must realize that it is the result of the self that is seeking. The result is the illusion of that which one desires. One cannot say that one is awakened or illuminated. It is a trick of the mind that is self absorbed. One wants to be above others, to have a sense of spiritual superiority. Those who "know" and those who "don't know". If one believes, then one is still caught in time, in that which is the illusion of self. To believe in the organized thoughts of another is to be lost in a sea of opinion and conclusion. No matter how conceptually clever another may be, the test is in the reality of what is. One only needs to look at the truth of the moment. What is the manifestation of ones life in the moment. Is one consumed with the material. Does one seek remuneration for ones so-called spiritual teaching. Does one affirm ones freedom and then deny it by the disposition of ones beliefs in the self that is manipulating others. Is one caught in thoughts desire to control and seek conformity to ones opinions and conclusions. If one's "teacher" is all this then one is caught in the illusion of the self absorbed. One must realize that a "teacher" (spiritual advisor) is caught in what they teach, it is there prison. They are consumed with its advocacy, so they write books and give lectures. They are not awakened and they are not illuminated, they are conceptually clever. It is there living to be so. One is taken in by what seems to be truth. But one must realize that truth cannot be taught, and it cannot be realized through any teaching. One is either totally free or one is not free at all. Do not follow others, find the truth that is within, then it will be your truth and not the repetition of some personality on T.V. or on a computer.

One must realize that all these so-called enlightened people are just as lost as anyone else on the street. If they were truly awakened they would not be spouting off in the media. They are caught in there own importance. They only create opposition and fear and a large bank account for themselves.

If one truly wants to realize the true self and find peace that is not the result of a teaching, then one needs to negate all attachment to the organized thoughts of another. Truth is in the simplicity of what is and not in the ramblings of those who are a repetition of the known. One teaches because one is trying to understand through ones thoughts. A teacher is looking for the affirmation of those that he or she lectures to. A teacher seeks security through the audience. One cannot remain private, because one is seeking approval in what is taught. One that is a "teacher" is the one who is in the most fear and conflict. So one writes a book or lectures to allay some of that fear and conflict. To teach without "teaching" means that one lives the moment, ones life is that which teaches. If one is in the peace of the moment, one has no agenda or beliefs to convey, one is totally free. Then if one is asked, one can verbalize the truth of what is. One cannot overstate the importance of not getting caught in the ideas of others. One must remain free of all attachment, other wise what is realized is only the superficial. If you think that you have learned and are awakened, then you are not. You are caught in the illusion of the self absorbed.