People come to teachers for many reasons: some come to be reassured, or to find wisdom, others for healing; some to fill the loneliness, or to find peace and others for the miraculous. While all these blessings may be benefits of sitting with a wise one- early on, we were given specific instructions about our motivation, “Come to me if you are seeking God. Come to me for no other reason.”
Over the years, as I have listened to accounts of seekers sitting, and working with their teacher- few have identified this standard/goal to describe their interaction.
-SB
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