DMP #33 - No Spiritual Teachers
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- Опубликовано: 14 мар 2024
- A short talk on the nature of teaching the mechanics of the inner arts (such as Qigong, Yoga and Meditation) versus claiming to be a spiritual teacher. The term 'spiritual teacher' is a term Damo does not apply to himself at all and increasingly is a term that he deems less relevant in the wider picture of spiritual cultivation.
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Damo does seem more chill than just a few years ago... now that you mention it...
I'm happy he keeps changing and is still moving towards more humility.
Well said. "Teachers" are fellow beings on the path that can offer tools that may work for you. All Projections and expectations aside.
If it's to be, it's up to me! Much respect, Master Damo ❤
You explain things so well: clear and concise with humbleness. It makes all the sense. Thank you!
Yet another great video with profoundly inspiring thoughts by Damo Mitchell. Thank you for this.
So helpful and wonderful insight. Good reminder to get to work :) Thank you
Good talk sir 😎
Thankyou for your clarity and boundaries as a teacher and a fellow human
I like how you bluntly reflect projections with utmost care and kindness 😂
The only thing a true ‘spiritual’ teacher can show you is what you are NOT. Nothing more and nothing less. I have been very blessed to have sat with two acknowledged Masters for long periods of time and they both said the same thing. They could only show me what I am not. The rest is down to the individuals fire to discover the reality of truth. Whether they use self enquiry, meditation or Neigong I feel is irrelevant. They are all amazing techniques that assist in the assimilation of Spirit. So I use all of them to give me the best chance of discovering the reality of true nature. Thanks for your thought provoking video, as always. Much love ❤️💛💚
The anaolgy of moving over time or quickly is a great explanation of how we " feel " in comparison to spirit.
We are all mind body spirit as its one component; not always in harmony or alingment. When it is; oei what a bliss.
Have a fabulous day.
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Beautiful, thank you Damo.
Very insightful video Damo
Thank you! this was of great benifit to me 🌀
Very interesting topic, thank you 🙏❤
thanks for sharing damo
Damo from my perspective of life, thats it the "real" Yin to give space someone to achieve something without judge him and in the same time to be his friend. It what youre teacher says you , now step back in youre space and achivied it, i will give you space to be yourself :)
thanks
I have enjoyed this
I know I haven't been around for too long and that I am not the most diligent student (I might not even be in that category )
but more than a machine, I perceive the body as an ecosystem and you as a gardener or a a ranger rather than a mechanic.....
but anyway, that's the perception of a person that lives in the mountains
thanks for this talk
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Indeed... This seems to be common on the New age scene or more accurately the contemporary spiritual scene... AKA: Nothing to do... Just Be...
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There is only one summit of the mountain, but there are many long and winding paths to the summit. Teachers act as sign posts. and usually they appear when they are needed ( unless one is caught in spiritual materialism ). Ram Dass you to say that all methods eventually can become a trap. At some point one has to surrender all identity. In other words, do you want to be a great meditator or free? A Qi Gong master or free? Is this what I'm hearing you say?
You mentioned in the beginning that contemplation naturally arises after a meditation session. I wonder what's your opinion of meditation stopping our internal monologue. Some people (particularly in Buddhism) claim that meditation stopped the internal chatter - not in the mundane way but literally... no space between thought and expression, if that makes sense.
Thank you Damo for another insightful video. I understand how views evolve over time, I feel I have changed my mind about a number of subjects as I keep learning more over time but I am wondering if you'd still consider all the foundation videos for the Chinese course still correct and relevant? PS: I much prefer this setting to listen to you than the sort of pub with neon sign.
Chinese medicine foundations are pretty fixed so no change there :)
And that’s not a bar, that is my lounge 😁
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Spiritual teacher is just as much of a loaded term as 'God'. Mechanic is apt. It's in the same neighborhood as Technician or Scientist. But even in Science, we have Scientism. Which is not much different than spiritual communities that don't constantly question their worldview or their 'guru'. It all goes back to not being able to accurately talk about the Tao, because words. But I think developing a scientific mindset is about as close as we're going to get. Taoism happens to be the most technical of all philosophies.
A real spiritual "teacher" transmits his state of being through induction. All spiritual "practices" are merely preparations to recieve this transmission
Almost. A true spiritual teacher may transmit the ‘experience’ of his state through induction and that is not the same thing as their actual state. This is where many make an error. They mistake the experience of such a state for attainment.
The work must still, as always, be done by the student.
Just wondering Damo, where is that accent? When I listen to you I pick up a slight south african accent. Either that or british with a bit of a mixed chinese. I can't quite place it!
Just British I think. Southern UK accent :)
Then spirit is also a machine, but it is driving the vehicle, and a mechanic is no doctor, as making a wrong incision might stop the flow of karma
So where can i find the mechanics of karma?
Respectfully disagee, sir! There are teachers that connect you to spirit, and they don't charge or take any benefit in there. They don't teach mind arts, rituals, or technics. They stick to the connecting business, and they are very careful not to interfere with other parts. I have first-hand experience.
They are found when the individual is ready.
I found daoism and internal art what compliment it as it is the knowledge and harmony is many other levels other than spirit..
So to me when you teach knowledges like that they taking money is right as you are offering some mental and bodily services which harmonise you. That is my take dear Damo.
You are wrong but that’s fine :)
We don’t have to agree!
@@LotusNeiGong I think and explore further. Be well 😊
Absolutely, masters of theurgy. Ascending and descending theurgy. Uncle Google says: "The former aims to elevate the human soul towards the Spirit of God or other spiritual entities, while the latter seeks to bring the divine into humans or material objects."
Seeing you've only just started feeling your connectiveness to Spirit from 2020, 2021, I suspect that you are only starting out on your spiritual path so I do believe that your views on this video at some point (whether this lifetime or another) they are going to change on this subject.
Spiritual teacher's are very important for spiritual development as they help fast track people (not just via techniques etc they teach but also the teacher's own more advanced SPIRITUAL energy also impacts upon their students and helps to further advance them (that appears to be an aspect you have not thought about, the divine energy from the teacher going to his/her students).
The higher the spiritual teacher is, the larger their divine connection/divine cord is (the energetic connection which comes down into the top of someone's head, this carries divine energy down into a person's body. This energy channel if you know how to scan energy cords can be scanned. It's how my spiritual teacher taught his students how to find suitable spiritual teacher's). An average person may have this energy cord only a few hairs thick in size, more spiritually developed people can have it quite large and as i said good spiritual teacher's have this channel quite large (hence they may perform miracles due to the divine energy, I've known people who have healed blind people etc) and this energy will also have an affect on those they teach as far as spiritual development goes, so having a good connection with one's spiritual teacher is important.
If you can scan energy cords check this one out for yourself, when I'm looking for spiritual teacher's I usually look for ones who's spiritual cords are 45cm + in width. I find most serious student's who have studied under advanced spiritual teacher's who know energy techniques to develop this Spirit connection have their spiritual cords of about 20-30cm in width.
People do need to be ready for good spiritual teachers, people always develop at their own pace (people can not be rushed as their normal human consciousness just would not handle it and needs to shift too). Spiritual teachers are only gained when the time is right and come at different levels, the more one grows in this way, the higher the spiritual teacher's one will attract to oneself. Very high level spiritual teacher's usually work with their students for more than one lifetime which is the case of my teacher and I. with the student being drawn back to that teacher. Someone may know a lot of Qi Gong and be powerful at using and influencing energy etc, but that skill does not necessarily mean that person is a advanced spiritual teacher who is able to work with or rather in the divine energy (as that energy will guide the teacher).
Just like people have mistook you for being a spiritual teacher, you seem to be mistaking what you have learnt in the past for things which will lead to fast spiritual growth (if they did you would have developed feeling a connectiveness far faster). This is where very good spiritual teachers do come in handy as they can teach things will help the person develop that spiritual connection far faster by what they teach and by THE (divine) ENERGY THEY CARRY.
Nope. You are misunderstanding what u am saying. I am versed in all the things you say here but my point is that none of this is Spirit, it’s all still at the level of energy. This the common mistake that people have been making for a long time in my opinion.
But we will have to agree to disagree on this as I see you as having to develop some more discernment on your path :)
@@LotusNeiGong agreeing to disagree at times is good :) . I'm still going to enjoy checking out your channel, thanks
Your discrimination rocks.
I am confused why you think we are seperate. Yoga has zero seperation. Your physical,mental ,energy body to a level keep you trapped in the sense experience of reality which all takes place as feedback from stimuli that is processed in your brain. You can be guided to distance somewhat from this karmic effected area through initiation into , and dedicated practice of Kriya for example as i have done. I don't think I've heard of any Guru that spontaneously reached samadhi(and there's levels of that)without a past life guru transmission. What do you think.? Perhaps think to much ? It will get in the way.
Love ur channel, an invaluable source of learning.
Wonderful, thank you 🙏💗. Adam Sifu says a problem with many teachers is they have skill, but they don't understand how they got there , so they cannot pass it on. It didn't really click until I watched this video. There are so many causal factors, and the deeper I go the more I am overwhelmed with gratitude for somehow stumbling across all these different methods and teachers at the right time that build upon each other and integrate across the different strata. Im so stupid, try so hard, and always fall short, yet I get to watch these things blossom despite my shortcomings. How? Why? Idk 🥹
Im looking forward to going back on meditation retreats after all this energy work. Thank you so much 🙏💗