01-02-2012, 11:16 PM
(01-02-2012, 10:09 AM)ShinAr Wrote: We are not here to judge how our teachers deal with adversity in their flesh. We are here to learn what they have to teach us about conquering our own.
I don't consider anyone exclusively a teacher. 'Teachers' are also students, and students are also teachers. Even Ra, a race millions of years ahead of us, stated that they learn as well as teach, when interacting with us.
(01-02-2012, 10:09 AM)ShinAr Wrote: A teacher can stand at the portal to higher being and show us all the way to go through, without having ever stepped through it themselves.
I'm not sure about that. I think they would need to have actually done it, for any attempt to show the way to be effective.
It rarely works to say, "Do as I say not as I do." Much more effective to show the way, than to speak of the way.
(01-02-2012, 10:09 AM)ShinAr Wrote: In comparison many have already stepped through and returned to assist us, once again sacrificing themselves to the toils of the flesh.
In that case, they will speak with conviction, rather than as theory, and their words will carry more weight.
(01-02-2012, 10:09 AM)ShinAr Wrote: It is not our place to judge or compare, it is simply our place to learn.
Agreed. But I don't think it's healthy to ever put any 'teacher' on a pedestal or make them an authority over our own discernment. (NOT saying you're doing that...I'm just generalizing.)
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