I have always felt very fortunate about having access to wonderful teachers from many different traditions all over the world.
And there are many of us who join one training after the other, collect certificates, get initiated, put ourselves through trials and tribulations as part of a never ending quest for awakening.
There will always be something new to learn, someone new to look up to, something to dive into even deeper. We can get enchanted by a person, who carries a certain tradition or represents a lineage due to the power that is transmitted through them.
However the fact that someone sits in front of a group to teach and possibly share medicines does not mean that they have everything figured out for themselves, but we tend to expect them to. This can lead to us feeling let down and possibly even betrayed by our teachers.
But is this not unfair towards them? We have projected onto them our desires to learn from a Saint, forgetting that our teachers are also Humans after all with more or less egoic behaviours.
By putting anyone on a pedestal we are setting them up to fall off it.
Many Gurus and Teachers have fallen over the years and with that they have possibly given us the greatest teaching:
Don’t look for leaders outside of yourselves.
Be grateful for what others share with you, take on what resonates and give to the earth what doesn’t.
Nothing belongs to anyone, all comes from Spirit and although there are different interpretations and applications, the origin is always the same.
Everyone one of us has wisdom to share. So let’s share with respect, humility and care what we have learned and integrated in our Being.
Remember it’s not about preaching or telling people what to do. It is about a vibration that we bring into the world, a vibration of compassion and inner peace, which we can only hold once we have addressed our own darkest parts.
This will be visible in our eyes, in the way we speak or listen to others. There is a space of safety and friendliness around us, so everyone feels accepted around us and is encouraged to see themselves. We are the teachers of the New Era. And at the end of the day:
“We are all just walking each other home”
- Ram Dass
