Well said, Conifer! My teacher, 'Yoda' teaches in a subtle way... I ask her a technical question, she starts talking about fairies, chinese herbal medicine, her dog, stories from her past... maybe I forget what I had asked her... The answer suddenly hits me usually out of the blue. The meaning I take from her stories are the answers that had been within me all this time . Literalist students who prefer pedagogy become frustrated with this but works for the more metaphorically inclined students.
Quote:No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.
The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness.
If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind. (Kahlil Gibran)