--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > This entire thread has pointed up for me the > > > > > > damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't nature > > > > > > of spiritual teaching. > > > > > > > > > > Exactly. And the whole problem is that some in this thread > > > > > are suggesting that there is a "right" way to be a spiritual > > > > > teacher. IMO that's a lot like every other theory that proposes > > > > > a "one size fits all" approach...it's unrealiistic and > > > > > ineffective. > > > > > > > > > > Teachers are different. They have different approaches, > > > > > based on their individual paths, their individual predilections, > > > > > and their individual personalities. Students are different. > > > > > They, too have individual predilections and personalities. > > > > > Some students feel more comfortable with a teacher who > > > > > teaches a certain way; others feel more comfortable with a > > > > > teacher who teaches a completely opposite way. > > > > > > > > > > Where is the problem in this? > > > > > > > > The problem occurs when the teacher evokes a response > > > > from the student that is clearly not what he or she > > > > intended > > > > > > Sez who? > > > > Since you were essentially asking the question > > with regard to my thesis, I responded from my > > perspective. > > I see. So all of the judgments about "not what the > teacher intended" and "counterproductive" below > should be viewed as having been made from the > point of view of ignorance. Thank you for clarifying.
Uh, no, you didn't quite get it, sorry. > > > There are traditions in which the teacher *deliberately* sets > > > out to push the students' buttons. The more they are pushed, > > > the better he has done his job. > > > > Be a good idea to actually read the words you're > > responding to, in this case the words "clearly not > > what [the teacher] intended." > > As seen by the ignorant from the point of view of > ignorance. Uh, no, from the teacher's perspective. <snip more iterations of the same> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
