Datanah: 9. Masters

It actually didn’t surprise me to find out that Angelo didn’t have a master. First, I never saw him teach anything that came from any lineage that felt authentic. When I was in Atlanta, I heard that Angelo had a master and it was somebody he met on a beach in CA and that didn’t feel right. I’ve been around people that are in lineages that are centuries old, so when I heard that I immediately thought it wasn’t true. There was never really anything that indicated to me that he DID have a master. The only thing I saw in him that I didn’t see in other teachers (which I always thought was a deficit) was that he didn’t ever associate with other teachers. Every teacher I’ve known not only learns from other teachers, these guys always had other teachers, even other teachers from other paradigms to talk with and get feedback from. To learn from, to share with, to communicate with. I never saw the humility of that in him. That he didn’t have a teacher didn’t shock me. As far as “The Knowing” was concerned… I knew of Maharaji and his methodologies. I knew of his Knowledge. I knew that’s what it was.

Yes, I believe Masters do actually exist. There are Masters whose sole purpose is to lovingly and unconditionally lead you through your defenses to the quiet inner stillness and wisdom of the beauty of your Essential Truth that is hidden in your soul. They are not there for their own ego gratification but solely to reveal you to your Self.

Work should ideally be engaged with the student who does not idealize the teacher, as idealization constricts the energy. It is best engaged in a spirit of curiosity, innocence, humility and wonder, allowing for the primordial terrors that often surface as part of the process. Work should be able to contain the student’s feelings of being stuck, resistant, righteous, struggling over power and their judgments, with the recognition that these are part of the process. It is in being truly seen, that we heal.

A good teacher never creates dependency, because the teaching should be about freedom.