student & master

many of us, who discovered few things, find quite a will to share them. and many of those who try, find the results quite different from expectations. as i have learned again the hard way, quite few of those who believe they are ready to teach actually are ready, which is evident from the results.

so, what's the trick? few rather simple guidelines:

• 3 conditions of a jar and one condition of a buddha. if either of the 2 neglects any one of these conditions, every attempt brings only harm. if this is the case, please stop and explain this to the counterpart or/and oneself. the curious i encourage to carefully observe results of doing otherwise. and remember them well.

• no self/will to help. to help another find peace one has to concentrate on helping and nothing else. no other thought than 'helping' should arise. this is firmly interconnected with the condition above.

• open eyes & learn. every reaction, every particular word matters. if to pay careful attention to them and think of their origin, much can be discovered about oneself and the counterpart, thus ways adapted accordingly. study oneself, study human mind. working with unfamiliar matters is quite difficult.

• take a breath. first reaction far not always is most appropriate. or perhaps it's only me who is slow. :)

thus master seeks to learn the mind and student seeks to forget this world. master seeks to be student and student seeks to be master. otherwise neither learns anything.

am i a student or a master? i don't care. :)

good luck.
mickael