Circle of Good Will - The World Teacher Trust

want to understand the Teacher and follow. Devotionalstudents follow to understand. But for both the key isfollowing the teachings. Teaching is the bridge uponwhich the student merrily walks to the Teacher. If not,there is an abyss between the two. The Teacher helpsthe student in so far as the student has a sincere intentto know the truth. If the intent is fiery, the Teacherhelps to nourish and to aflame it with the teachings.The Teacher subtly helps the student to comprehendthe teachings.A Teacher knows the student but the student cannotknow the Teacher. The Teacher sees the fiery intentand the orientation and thereby helps. If one has fieryintent but not an orientation towards him, many timesthe Teacher suggests to the student to go to some otherTeacher. This he does either subtly or obviously. In themodern world the students decide, who their Teacheris. We hear in the groups, my Teacher is Master DjwhalKhul, Master Kut Humi, Master Morya, Master CVV,Master EK etc. These are the ones, who do not know.In fact they even appoint someone as their Teacher.Once I gave a conference in the city of Miami onthe theme of how to enter the temple. A lady, whowas inspired, sent me a mail a few days later that shedecided to choose me and appoint me as her Teacher.I gently refused her appointment telling her that I amself appointing and that I am not available for anyto appoint me or to employ me. It took time for thestudent to take the implication. A few months latershe redressed her situation and is now one of the goodmembers of the group.Teachers cannot be appointed by the students.Teachers know who their students are. They spotthe students and train them even before the studentsknow their Teacher. There are many dimensions ofthe Teacher. I have spoken a lot of them in relation todifferent teachings given, but it suffices to say that theTeacher cannot be known completely by the student.The Teacher is ahead in light, the student is behind.The student does well to follow the teaching.Following the teachings is not already a loyalsense of duty to the Teacher. When the student followsthe teachings of a Teacher and transforms himself withthe help of energies that are transmitted by the Teacher,the student tends to become mature. He gets out ofhis immature activities and consecrates himself to theteachings. Such consecration of his life to the teachinghelps him to enter into the aura of the Teacher. Theaura of the Teacher is called ‘the Ashram of the Teacher’.Ashrams need not be on the physical plane. Of late,very few are on the physical plane. The Hierarchy doesnot encourage the paraphernalia of a huge physicalstate Ashram or physical plane Ashram. The physicalplane Ashrams become a source of problems. They are106 107