The Role of a Spiritual Teacher

What is the purpose of a spiritual teacher? Is he there to save you and guide you into heaven? Is she there to share with you the truth she discovered in a book? Is he here to show you how to access the truth already inside of you? Is she here to provide a map for you to follow towards enlightenment/salvation? Is it any of these things? None of these things? Perhaps something else altogether?

Ultimately, all a spiritual teacher can really do is show you how to find the truth which is already inside you. You are God also and your soul, that part of you which is most deeply connected to God, knows anything and everything that ever was, is, or ever will be. ALL Truth is available to you, Now. You already know it. It’s simply a matter of remembering it. The task is learning what to do to access the database of infinite knowledge and wisdom.

All the “knowledge” a teacher shares with you, feel free to try it on yourself. Try it on like a new pair of jeans. If the pants fits on you and you enjoy the way they look, wonderful. Keep wearing them.

On the other hand, if they don’t feel so good, that’s cool too. Simply say, “No, thanks” and put the jeans back on the rack. Either way, the teachings are helping you decide your OWN truths.

Regardless of whether or not you agree with a teacher, because they’re helping you decide and create Who You Really Are, you can feel a sense of appreciation towards them giving you the gift of showing you who you are by holding up a mirror, just like the rest of the world.

No one is claiming to have THE Truth. They simply have their own versions of THEIR Truth which, in their own experiences, seem to be serving them quite well! … or perhaps sometimes they don’t. Either way, they’re simply sharing our own truths, as well as the natural consequences that seem to be created as a result of applying these truths.

Good spiritual teachers can hold immense power and they have a choice of how to use the power. They can either:

a) Use their power OVER others, from a place of egoic superiority and the mistaken belief that there is a “them” who has this power.

b) Use their power WITH others, to uplift all of mankind with the understanding that We Are All One.

My intention is to help uplift all of you, or more precisely, to assist those of you who are ready to uplift yourselves.

In this process, you will have to meet me halfway for I can only show you the door. You have to walk through it.

In the end, the spiritual teacher can only show you the path that they have walked. Everyone walks a unique path and there are 10,000 paths to God. It is up to the spiritual truth seeker to pick and choose the truths which resonate with them as give to them by the teacher and then implement the teachings in their own life in order to walk their path.