Deep teaching: Surface and Depth

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 [...]

On Being Done

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 [...]

Deep Teaching: Levels

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 [...]

Deep Teaching

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 [...]

Addressing Ego: When the Student Passes You

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? [...]