In all seriousness, I've often been a good teacher at basic stuff, since I had to learn it in detail.
But as has pointed out to me, I'd quite possibly make a terrible meditation teacher - because I have no idea what I'm doing, but somehow manage very well regardless.
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Eh, I also said you could be great because your insight into people. You just need to understand what does what and thus is appropriate based on your insight.
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the real problem is figuring out what works for each individual when. Cookie cutter stuff doesn't work well for a lot of Westerners. We're too fucked up psychologically.
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I am usually gentle and cozy in person, but somehow (things I perceive as) BS around meditation etc. really grinds my gears.
I think it's all the fraud and fluff, in the West especially but really just everywhere.
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I suspect a good scolding is really what most Western practitioners need if they want to make progress (been there, done that...), but if they'll accept it is another matter...
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Well, maybe. The question is what they're trying to get from it.
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The only stuff that really gets my knickers in a twist is harmful stuff. Practices or philosophies which can damage practitioners or people around them.
Unfortunately, it's hard to know what all of that is.
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All the stuff around killing (read: subliminating) your ego, in particular.
Who caaaaaaares about ego? Dzisas, people.
IME that often comes with the "understanding" that actual enlightenment is pretty much impossible, hence no-one actually has to think too hard about that.
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