This is the third article in this series.
Where is “deeper”? How do we know if we are staying at the surface of a study, or addressing the deeper, more connected truths, the ones that we as seekers want to find and as teachers want to teach?
The direction of deeper depends on where [...]
I am inspired by Michael Gilbert’s response to my open question about connection to comment on the teacher’s role in defining the study.
He says, among other things: “Why do you care about being done? Do you believe that there is such a thing as ‘complete’ understanding?” He asks, “why not see this neverending [...]
This is the second article in a series on this subject.
There are levels to all studies. A “deeper” level can be about what is harder, what is more hidden, what is more complex, what is more relevant. What are these levels?
If we come to the banks of a pond and look at [...]
This is the first of a set of articles on this subject.
What is Deep Teaching? “Deeper” than what? I will sketch what I mean by Deep Teaching, and then to approach it in some other ways as well that I hope will be useful.
Deep teaching is looking beyond the surface of the [...]
Mushtaq Ali writes about the perfect student as the one who inherits your art and passes you. If this is what you want, he says, prepare yourself, prepare your ego.
I am interested in this preparation, in addressing ego in the context of teaching.
How do you know when your student is becoming advanced? [...]