Hi,
Sorry if this has been answered before, but there is one thing I cannot really grasp from the teachings.
On one side - it is taught that we are full of egos.
On the other side - we should love others as ourselves and treat others as our teachers, but - most people are also full of egos.
So - how does one learn from others, especially when they are seemingly obviously doing wrong?
And where is the line here - when does one "stop" learning from others and start teaching others?
Regards
Sorry if this has been answered before, but there is one thing I cannot really grasp from the teachings.
On one side - it is taught that we are full of egos.
On the other side - we should love others as ourselves and treat others as our teachers, but - most people are also full of egos.
So - how does one learn from others, especially when they are seemingly obviously doing wrong?
And where is the line here - when does one "stop" learning from others and start teaching others?
Regards
Accepted Answer
When there is no "you," who is there to teach?
When "you" are absent, who can learn?
The consciousness can learn from anyone. However, our ego blinds us to our own failings and refuses to see its own culpability. We can learn from the poor example of others what not to do in our life. As for superior action and divine law, that is learned from initiates.
When "you" are absent, who can learn?
The consciousness can learn from anyone. However, our ego blinds us to our own failings and refuses to see its own culpability. We can learn from the poor example of others what not to do in our life. As for superior action and divine law, that is learned from initiates.
For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought. -Bayazid al-Bastami
Accepted Answer
When there is no "you," who is there to teach?
When "you" are absent, who can learn?
The consciousness can learn from anyone. However, our ego blinds us to our own failings and refuses to see its own culpability. We can learn from the poor example of others what not to do in our life. As for superior action and divine law, that is learned from initiates.
When "you" are absent, who can learn?
The consciousness can learn from anyone. However, our ego blinds us to our own failings and refuses to see its own culpability. We can learn from the poor example of others what not to do in our life. As for superior action and divine law, that is learned from initiates.
For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought. -Bayazid al-Bastami
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