Spiritual Teachers

I used to be a spiritual teacher.
I had to quit when I realised
there was no such thing.

Or rather, everything is a spiritual teacher.
The cat. The carpet. A chair.
A tree. A mountain.
My dad with dementia.
Heartache. Joy. My own. Yours.
The man sleeping on the pavement.
The breathtaking night sky.

It’s all a teacher.
It’s all a guru.

And I am just a mouthpiece, as we all are.
I am just a friend, sharing my heart.
I am just a bird, singing my song.

I quit as a spiritual teacher,
I quit as any kind of authority,
and I became a real human being, authentic, embodied, honest and true.

And there I found my true peace and enlightenment.

In the temple of the ordinary.
In the sanctuary of the mundane.
In the holy heart of the uncovered moment.

  • Jeff Foster
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Author: GreatCosmicMothersUnited

I have joined with many parents affected with the surreal , yet accepted issue of child abuse via Pathogenic Parenting / Domestic abuse. As a survivor of Domestic Abuse, denial abounded that 3 sons were not affected. In my desire to be family to those who have found me lacking . As a survivor of psychiatric abuse, therapist who abused also and toxic prescribed medications took me to hell on earth with few moments of heaven. I will share my life, my experiences and my studies and research.. I will talk to small circles and I will council ; as targeted parents , grandparents , aunts , uncles etc. , are denied contact with a child for reasons that serve the abuser ...further abusing the child. I grasp the trauma and I have looked at the lost connection to a higher power.. I grasp when one is accustomed to privilege, equality can feel like discrimination.. Shame and affluence silences a lot of facts , truths that have been labeled "negative". It is about liberation of the soul from projections of a alienator , and abuser ..

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