| Dear Friends, This week's quote is from spiritual awareness class CC 75, which was published in Volume 4 of The Living Light Dialogue. It begins with a question from a student, whose words are italicized.
"Adding to your discussion, you see many wonderful spiritual teachers and, through this law of attraction, what makes them attract students who are not intelligent or who are not able to cope or who are even disloyal?"
"Most understanding—and thank you so very much for your question. Yes. The lady has asked, stated, that she's seen or you see many spiritual teachers in the world and what is it that attracts to those teachers students locked into self-will, into ego, and not willing to learn or etc. Well, my friends, be patient, but look clearly. In order that we may go ever onward and forward into the light, into greater light, it is necessary to unfold the various soul faculties, the beginning of which is duty, gratitude, and tolerance, moving on to faith, poise, and humility. And so it is, in truth, a teacher's blessing to have the golden opportunity of looking at their students, no matter who the teacher is, and saying, 'Well, I have a decision to make. I can either expand my soul faculty of tolerance and duty and understanding and gratitude or I can lower my soul consciousness to the level that I am viewing.'
So it is that any spiritual teacher must ever strive constantly to keep their eyes single upon the true purpose of Life herself. And what is the true purpose but service? If a teacher does not look at the eternal soul, then the teacher will not long teach spiritual teachings. So, my friends, there is indeed good in all things. And when you get discouraged and when you get disappointed, look at the good in the situation in which you are involved and that will help to free you to a higher level of consciousness. Does that help with your question? I certainly hope that it does.
And remember, teachers, no matter who they are, are a part of the human race. And they exist in a body and in a mind governed by the laws of creation, which dictates duality, the lower light, and the lesser light. And so remember, our adversities become our attachments: it is a subtle law. And that that you have difficulty with in tolerance—when it is difficult for you to tolerate something, look at it from a different view and thank the Divine: it's driving you ever onward, ever upward. Because, you see, then something greater than the present situation has value to you.
If you are striving to serve God, the Divine, then no matter what comes and no matter what goes in life's experience, it will have no import upon you. It will not be important, when you're working for God, whether you please man or you don't please man. You will not have any concern whether they like you or they dislike you. Principle, my friend, is not personality. Principle is that which will keep you in the Light. Personality is that which will take you into the forces of darkness. One is the lower self, personality; the other is the higher self, called principle. And he who relies on God shall become the God upon which he relies. I hope that's helped with your question."
I find this teaching very interesting for a variety of reasons. First, it offers insight into the lives of spiritual teachers and it is always helpful to learn how to respond with greater consideration and understanding to the varied experiences of life. And I also find this interesting because so very often my first response to whatever it is that I judge I cannot tolerate (be it a person, place, or thing) is to declare it a disaster. In that capacity, I am a really good example of what not to do.
The experiences that we appreciate and the ones that we do not appreciate ultimately serve the same end: to help us awaken to something greater.
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