"Teachers"

After Sunday's class and getting the overwhelming response that I did I stopped and asked myself, "What kind of teacher am I?". I guess I asked this because I could feel a difference within me as I taught this class, even over all the Basic Relief Classes.

I'm sitting there with my husband and I was guided to read CIM. So I pulled the book off the shelf just to see what message would come to me. I opened up the book and this is what it said, "Good teachers never terrorize their students. To terrorize is to attack, and this results in rejection of what the teacher offers. The result is learning failure". You know it might seem funny to some of you but you can do this too. Our answers are all around us, all we need to do is ask and it is given.

I read this for a moment and then took pad and pen to discover ways that I had terrorized taught anyone anything. Then it hit me....it wasn't until recently when I took on the persona of another teacher and the arrogance that people started to leave my practice, that people were leaving my website and not signing up for my emails. At that moment I realized that when I made the decision to close down my store front, it was because I had made the decision to close down any outside influences on who or what I am.

My teaching is about allowing you to find your truth, not about me forcing my truth on to you. For me to do that is in error, my error only. My teaching is not about what I know but helping you to discover what you know. And how to tap into your godself, not my godself. Again, we are all one but it's our differences that make us ONE. No one is going to be exactly alike. There is not going to be one path of enlightenment but many, it's all about the experience. There are going to be many paths to empowerment, it's about the experience. It's all about the individual experience. What is right for you is right for you for where you are right now. Not to say this can't change by someone's teachings, it usually does. But be aware of compassion, understanding and peace.

I was going to blog about this as soon as I came to this realization but something told me not to yet. That there was more information that I needed to be able to present this clearly. And it did!

Last night I was at a friends wedding. The wedding was held in the dark, under a beautiful arbor, the moon was just over the arbor and I had to wear my long coat and boots just to stay warm. I had a beautiful time visiting with everyone, enjoying the food, and much, much more. I left before the party ended because I had 1.5 hour drive back home. As I am driving home I realized how present I was during the party. I realized that only in the moment of what is needed right now do we find peace, joy, love and happiness in our lives.

So what is the "teacher"? Life. Every experience we have brings us closer to realizing God. No one can tell us that we are god's, we need to experience for ourselves. And once we realize this for ourselves then there is no one to share anything with. We don't have to go around telling people who they are, because in doing so lets us know we're still trying to convenience ourselves of this same thing.

A teacher is one of compassion, true compassion, not just saying that they are compassionate because they've been there. But their voice, the manner and body language will let you know that they are compassionate.

Any teacher that angers quickly still has something they are learning on whatever they angered about quickly.

So a teacher that becomes rude, arrogant, distant, angry, and then back tracks to say they are doing this for your own good, is still missing the mark. Plain and simple!

It is only the teacher that truly Understands that will teach without attack for now it's because they see correctly/truly.

Is this message brought to condemn or do away with teachings? Of course not, but rather to make them stronger in allowing the teacher to see that anytime they are using force, being pushy on their ideas, or intimidating their students in anyway, they are in wrong thinking.

What power is there but the one power? When we exist within this field of understanding then all things come with ease and grace. If you are a teacher that is struggle to have your students understand, then what is it that you do not understand? If you struggle to "get" your students to know something, then their is something that you need to know.

It's okay!!! We are all learning here. The real problem lies not in what you are doing wrong, but your unwillingness to see it another way. That's it.

I'm blessed that I received this message Sunday night and I'm blessed that I waited to hear from God that it was okay to write about it. All things are in His timing anyway. His Will and My Will are One. That what is done is written, but what has not been done yet is not written. You only think it is! And that's where doors open up!

Belief Statement: As I prepare for this weekends classes I feel settled because I know that I am being guided in truth. I gain awareness while losing impatience.

Spirit Statement: I am ready and at ease and know truth is awareness in everything.

Blessings to you all today.
Love, V