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The process of teaching is also a process of learning. Every experience gives us an opportunity to learn. The co-event of Teacher and Student, Master and Initiate, demonstrator and observer, speaker and hearer, and Wizard and Apprentice is a general "institution," or process, that has been with us from the Dawn of the First Thinking. This co-event goes from the extreme of the trivial, to that which is affecting and impressive; even that which is truly awesome. We of the Gwyddoniaid Order use it to convey the content of our religion and philosophy. Our wise Elders, who have preceded us, made a great effort to make this process as practical and basic as possible. In order to apply this process, a fundamental understanding of the human mind had to be obtained. All minds are unique, but it has been found that since we have so many physical forms in common, that we also share certain basic mental processes. It is obvious, then, that a Teacher, before they may participate in this co-event, must understand something of the basic nature of that process.
A sister of the Order speaks of "...feeding someone's conditioning until they gag on it..." as one of the techniques that we use in teaching. It is a basic technique and can be applied in an endless variety of ways. But the use of this technique by a Gwyddon teacher is used with a student as a course of last resort---only when one is convinced that a student has quit making any effort to learn. No more effort is made to teach the quitter anything else about metaphysics. When this occurs, a student is so completely involved in ego-importance that they're not content unless their life is one big dilemma. At these times, the Teacher acts as a mirror---an echo or tape-loop that gives back an amplified version of one's continuous Being. However, for the student that makes a real effort to learn and progress, they will find that the Teacher has a bottomless bag of tricks that will lead on a wonderful adventure of SELF- discovery. An honest effort to learn will reap a most bountiful harvest of Wisdom and Love. |