"Why is a teacher important? Because you need to, at some point, allow your ego to be submitted to another person's gaze. Anarchists hate this--they want to be in control of the lack of control...
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...Many of us get scared we'll give away too much authority (and often we do!) but relationship still remains one of the most powerful ways to go beyond ourselves. If you're too scared to trust someone else, than maybe you shouldn't trust yourself.” - Genpo Roshi (I think)
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This intriguing quote gives me pause when viewed through the lens of Genpo Roshi’s history.https://www.lionsroar.com/open-letter-to-dennis-genpo-merzel-signed-by-sixty-six-zen-teachers/ …
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Yeah, from I understand Genpo and one of his senior students fell in love, and they had an affair. Definitely an ethical fuck-up. At the same time, I'm not actually sure where this quote came from, but had it in my notes! And frankly, I think it stands well on it's own.
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I think relationship is *the best* way of going beyond yourself, as long as it is approached as a training ground. This is why I’m skeptical of (permanently) world-renouncing strains of religious thought
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