So long as a student believes that his teacher has special powers or unique qualities, there is no room for him to wake up. He will never see that it is all happening in his own mind and nowhere else.
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All your so-called spiritual teachers are actually your worst enemies, because they’ve taken it upon themselves to interpret the teaching for you.
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As long as you think your teacher is a saint, an enlightened being you will probably never be willing to acknowledge that he may be an ordinary jerk who is screwing up both his own life and the lives of all those around him. The ego does not like to admit it has made a mistake.
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The ego is always looking for an ideal, a perfect guru or a perfect teaching. Why? Because it can’t stand the sight of its own ugliness and stupidity. It always wants to impress itself with how far ahead of the game it is.
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He has no idea what loving-kindness really is, because he doesn’t love himself: he only loves his self-image—and that's not love, that's narcissism. The true nature of love is compassion.
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To understand the true nature of compassion requires wisdom; to be compassionate without wisdom is sentimentality—and in fact, as we have seen, sentimentality IS fear masquerading as love—the fear of loneliness and isolation disguised as compassion for others.
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When you are ready to give up your weapons, then you will have attained the stature of a warrior.
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