tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post6813106497601378820..comments2024-03-27T20:10:46.984-07:00Comments on The Rambling Taoist: Do We Require a Teacher?The Rambling Taoisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-20496930506719230162011-11-02T00:18:02.145-07:002011-11-02T00:18:02.145-07:00I think what we are pointing to is known by childr...I think what we are pointing to is known by children with no teacher. We then learn worldly things and lose touch. <br /><br />It is feeling that we have lost touch or something is amiss that leads people to 'seek'. <br /><br />Then the key is very much to unlearn, remove a little every day. <br /><br />Regain that which we thought was lost but we could never truly have been separate from.Ta-Wanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123753659706310015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-64722331009966421342011-11-01T21:09:14.941-07:002011-11-01T21:09:14.941-07:00Well, I must disagree somewhat with this. Books a...Well, I must disagree somewhat with this. Books are great, but someone taught you to read, taught you some skills. Likewise with skiing, qigong, brush painting, cooking...and even meditation. If you have never felt the energy of a great teacher, it's a pity. You miss an opportunity. We certainly shouldn't be dogmatic slaves to a master, but sometimes some other people are a little further along the path of "human development." There are ideas, energies, and skills that are transmitted, that one never could have experienced on one's own. Yes, books, trees, mushrooms are sources for lessons, but none of them are human. And your first greatest teacher was probably your mother...if you were so fortunate. And of course, a really great teacher also learns from his students.baroness radonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593108634484542286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-8621335649949005152011-11-01T12:41:43.780-07:002011-11-01T12:41:43.780-07:00Books would have to make my list of teachers but m...Books would have to make my list of teachers but my most direct teachers were:<br /><br />A tree. I was standing next to this one tree and it stood. Perfect I realized, this tree does not need to ask 'why?'<br /><br />Some deaths close to me were teachers. <br /><br />Magic mushrooms. Showed me that this daily world we all live in is one of an infinite interpretations of the data.<br /><br />An ant. I sat in deep contemplation on a beach when "ow!" It bit me. I realized "shit yes, don't waste life sitting thinking about life" and I leant over, kissed my wife and ran to float in the ocean.Ta-Wanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123753659706310015noreply@blogger.com