My life’s work and passion is self-discovery. Nothing is more exciting to me than learning something new about who I really am. I suppose I began this journey as a teenager when I used to wonder what life is all about and why I am here. Then life happened and I forgot about my questions.
It wasn’t until my life stopped going well that I began asking questions again. I was in my mid-twenties. Looking back, I see that I was asking then out of fear and confusion. Now, I ask questions and seek their answers out of curiosity and with excitement. The more I have learned about myself, the more I want to learn.
I have been blessed with wonderful teachers along the way. There’s an old saying, “When the student is ready, the teacher appears.” That has surely been the case in my life. The teachers in my life have shown up at just the right time with just the right teaching, with what I was ready for.
While I believe that all truth is within and available to each one of us, I also believe we need help finding it. This world is full of distractions. Most of us have been influenced from birth to believe limiting things. After decades of holding to these beliefs, it can be difficult to see the truth. That’s where teachers come in.
Anyone who is aware of more truth than we are can be a teacher for us. Even those with no clue can teach us something, if we use what we see to reflect inward. We are also teachers to everyone around us by our living example. My example still needs work and I am not fully aware of the truth, so I need people in my life who can guide and inspire me.
My favorite teachers are Neale Donald Walsch, Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Gregg Braden, Abraham-Hicks, Mike Dooley, Buddha, Confucius, Gandhi, and Jesus. My best teachers are usually found in my antagonistic relationships. Those are the ones I grow the most from.
Who is a teacher in your life? What are you learning about yourself right now? If you share your experience, you just might be my teacher.
Jstone
Sunday, February 3, 2008
When the Student is Ready
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I share your beliefs. Some of my own greatest teachers have also provoked discomfort and brought me face-to-face with some of my own inner demons (negative thoughts). I sense my ability to slow down brings opportunities for growth that I had missed before. I also develop deeper faith and trust in my choices through following intution and choosing to dissolve fear. We stretch ourselves a great deal as we choose to embrace uncertainty with love, respect and an open-mind.
My best lessons learned seemed to be from self-experience; trial & error, if you will. Preceeding that, my guide has always been Jesus. I accepted Him as my personal Saviour as a teen, but had to "test the waters" so to speak, rebelling on what I was taught. I'm no bible scholar or self-righteous person at all, but I've learned that His teachings were love, forgiveness, and treating others how I wanted to be treated. Whenever I follow those simple rules, I get favorable results. For me, His teachings are phenomenal and He lays out a "perfect design for living." Over my life, I would often get confused when studying, due to the complex nature of His teachings. But, He knows me and my heart, so I do the best I can. Whenever I can help someone, I do. Often giving a lending hand to someone less fortunate than me gives me a warm & fuzzy feeling for the day:) In summary, I always feel good when I do something good; if I'm not so good, I feel not so good. I prefer the "warm & fuzzy" feeling!
Deborah, thank you for bringing it down to the simplest factor. "Do unto others what you would have done unto you." In today's world. where many people are questioning and challenging churches, people are often afraid to mention Jesus. His teachings were simple and straight forward, but religion has confused and complicated them.
Have you read, "The Sermon on the Mount" by Emmet Fox? It focuses on the teachings of Jesus, which are all about love, not fear.
Thank you for stopping by, Deborah, and taking the time to leave a comment.
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