Art of Teaching Spirituality to Masses

[mohdanas]

I was watching alot of videos, of great people talking about enlightenment in stage/audience setting. And, I was observing the reaction of people, most of them were unasumed and engaged in their own thing. The speaker said great things but the words used were difficult, ideas incomprehensible and it was plain boring for average person.  

This is also the case, when I try to explain it to someone who is just busy. 

Plus, I noticed, this pattern in education too. When majority of school teaches to children, serious speeches, with no enthusiasm, excitement, or "entertainment"

If you cant have someone attention, you cannot teach him the best of thing. 

Example - "Very Own Leo", Alot of people followed him because he was getting people attention, teaching you about lower consciousness stuff that will satisfy your ego mind for survival, love, sex, confidence, etc that build a bond, familiarity, relativity and then he brought you intentionally/strategically enlightenment, Imagine if he started with just enlightenment, how would the majority would have reached? further more, would you have even listen to him? 

 

What I would like to hear from you guys, How should one approach to catch attention of someone deeply engaged in materialism and convince him to shatter his belief system, values, assumption and open his mind to spirituality? 

 

I think, like in any other field, you gotta sell yourself for this, and what sell is what appeals, so you gotta be entertaining than simple and mystical. Majority of teacher were just plain simple and mystical in their ways but the world nowadays is nuts, also make fun of them. So, you gotta be someone that they can relate to and listen to. 

Would like to hear on this

 

[mohdanas]

 

For Indian Only, this guy is teaching in such a entertaining way though fresher wont get it. 

 

He is doing his own thing and filling his life purpose in his own unique way such a drastic style of preaching spirituality. 

[Forestluv]

@mohdanas Intention is part of the mind-body mechanism. 

For me, observing a dog or nature is a better teacher than a guru.

My only teaching is. . . IS

 

[aurum]

8 hours ago, mohdanas said:

Imagine if he started with just enlightenment, how would the majority would have reached? further more, would you have even listen to him? 

 

That's true, but I also believe that's a limiting belief at the same time.

Yes, it would turn a lot of people off. Most won't even be able to comprehend it or want to.

But consider a guy like Eckhart Tolle, who was essentially unknown to the wider public before The Power of Now. Suddenly he's on Oprah.

There's more to drawing a crowd than good traditional marketing. There's an energetic component that often goes underlooked.

And when you consider the rate at which the collective consciousness seems to be evolving, who knows. Maybe not so crazy after all.

Still, I always try to make sure I show how people will benefit from these teachings and deliver the material in the best manner. That's just social intelligence.

[Faceless]

5 hours ago, Serotoninluv said:

For me, observing a dog or nature is a better teacher than a guru.

My only teaching is. . . IS

 

Absolutely! 

This is intelligence. 

This intelligence is inherent in the living organism/environment. 

This is one of the most simple and essential statements that I have read on this forum. 

Most people think such an observation is come upon by hard intellectual work and is the product of time. It’s actually the opposite. The capacity to commune in harmony with the timeless is built into the organism/environment.  The extent that there can be total communion with WHAT IS depends upon the degree that the observation can be maintained without an observer ‘THE KNOWER’ 

We just need a little inner silence so we don’t overlook its dynamic nature. 

 

Edited March 28, 2018 by Faceless

[Joseph Maynor]

I was thinking about this today interestingly.  I was wondering about the likelihood of a non-dual perspective on reality ever becoming the norm.  Or is it doomed to be a kind of fringe thing?  If so, the resistance is gonna be formidable to teach Enlightenment to the masses.  It's just not ever gonna sell that widely.  I'm not saying I endorse any of these views.  These are just some thoughts that came to mind for further exploration.

Edited March 28, 2018 by Joseph Maynor

[mohdanas]

6 hours ago, aurum said:

 

That's true, but I also believe that's a limiting belief at the same time.

Yes, it would turn a lot of people off. Most won't even be able to comprehend it or want to.

But consider a guy like Eckhart Tolle, who was essentially unknown to the wider public before The Power of Now. Suddenly he's on Oprah.

There's more to drawing a crowd than good traditional marketing. There's an energetic component that often goes underlooked.

And when you consider the rate at which the collective consciousness seems to be evolving, who knows. Maybe not so crazy after all.

Still, I always try to make sure I show how people will benefit from these teachings and deliver the material in the best manner. That's just social intelligence.

Eckart Tolle again got the attention due to Oprah. She is an established brand, just like eminem got the attention through dr dre. 

"Social Intelligence" that is precisely what I meant, Yes, these teaching are worth passing down, I have started to very subtly teach my parents about this.

I started today, by showing them video of yogi guru and his physical endurance and health at extreme age. I will build very subtly to get their interest over months and maybe take a year or two to make them open to speak about the philosophy side. 

 

4 hours ago, Joseph Maynor said:

I was thinking about this today interestingly.  I was wondering about the likelihood of a non-dual perspective on reality ever becoming the norm.  Or is it doomed to be a kind of fringe thing?  If so, the resistance is gonna be formidable to teach Enlightenment to the masses.  It's just not ever gonna sell that widely.  I'm not saying I endorse any of these views.  These are just some thoughts that came to mind for further exploration.

 

I think, Social Media is our friend, at first people will reject, laugh and this process will repeat itself, until people started to see it and get validation from other places, this will catch their attention and they will see this for themselves hopefully.