Guest guest Posted December 11, 2005 Report Share Posted December 11, 2005 so what do you think? There was once a spiritual Teacher, a guru, whom in the begining of his Teaching Work always turned people to the pure undiluted Truth, such as " There is only God " , nothing but God, All is God, and All separation is illusion, just Be " , and so on and so forth. After a couple of year he became dissatisfied with the results (as exemplified by the practice of his students), so he shifted his style and expression to giving individuals detailed and exacting readings on their particular and unique manifestations of the cramp and nuerosis and many, many reccomendations for tasks and practices large and small. After many years he was still dissatsifeid, not by the students responses which were full of gratitude and earnestness, but by the fairly wholesale lack of actual integration and follow-through by these same sincere and grateful students. Then what began to show up was a third approach which was something like, " Here is the Teaching. This is what it costs (money being the Very least of it). If you wish to participate I will not lay it at your feet but if you want it badly enough and present yourself so that I have no choice but to give it to you, I will be more than glad to cooperate. " With each stage his students practice became stronger and more trustworthy and he became more interested in less rather than more. He tried to make it expensive, uninteresting and dull and yet still people were attracted and even more adamant in their intentions and committment. Go figure. ... What is the lesson or is there one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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