Posted by Light Mystic on 2/7/2008, 10:23 am, in reply to "This Time, I Know What I'm Looking For In a Teacher"
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There are probably many teachers that fit your description, although I would caution you to be very careful before deciding definitively.
You are that hole which you are trying to fill. Thus, as long as you, in any sense are there, that hole will be there as well. That sounds depressing, but it is actually anything but depressing, as accepting your "hole-ness" will bring aware to what the hole-ness is.
What you find will be very personal. It's your journey to take, but I, myself, and many, many others throughout all time have found that hole. What we all have found is that the hole is ourselves, and that recognition fills it up, with the only thing it ever was - You.
The whole idea of looking for anything on the outside to fill the whole, even "spirituality" for that matter, will be temporary at best and fail miserably and damage you at worst. Any looking to fill the hole through outside means is, by definition, looking in the wrong direction. Accept the hole to see what it truly Is. Your old feelings and issues my start coming out, but that is the natural process of unraveling. Trust yourself, because you are the only one who can do this, and you are all you have ever been looking for. Just let the ideas that insist otherwise unwind. Be gentle and be courageous.
Good luck.
