Facts alone are relatively safe and objective. Preferences typically follow cultural expectations and exposure. But what someone sees is a reflection of what they think and feel.
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At this very moment we are missing something. It is inevitable that we miss something, because there are too many things in the world at too many levels for us to be able to see them all. In learning, even intense study and practice does not give us the perspective that teaching does. This is a touch-stone question in spiritual teaching. How a teacher answers this question has everything to do with how they understand profound teaching, and how they care for a student who has trusted them with their deepest self. Whatever the subject, a teacher is generally expected to do something to teach. That is, to act in some way that conveys the subject to the student. One of the teacher’s goals in deep teaching is to add clarity to the student’s path. So we must ourselves be able to see, and act, with clarity. How do we find this clarity? There are many ways for things to go wrong. A flat tire followed by a locked car door and a sudden, drenching downpour. A star student breaking an ankle before a critical performance, years of preparation ruined. This is the sixth article in this series. As teachers, we have a hard time teaching what we cannot see. Not seeing these things, we tend to teach around them. We pass on to our students patterns of perception that preclude seeing them. We re-create our own blind spots in our students. This is the fifth article in this series. |
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