How can a spiritual teacher provide value?

[Jannes]

If one wants to make being a spiritual teacher his life purpose. 
This is the list I came up with so far, maybe you can add or critique something.

- knowledge (holistic) about techniques, religions, core concepts, … so he can answer questions for people who come from different backgrounds and got in touch with spirituality through one teacher or one certain technique and the teacher can "class“ that one aspect of spirituality into the broader aspect of spirituality as a whole.

- giving comfort for people at the spiritual journey if it’s personal coaching. The teacher knows the mechanics of the ego and can comfort people along the way to process and overcome fear, ego backlash, …

- consults people on what makes sense for them to focus on at the time. For example to which extend spirituality should be focused on at the time regarding the life situation and crafting individual plans for people who might not be at the point of their life’s where spirituality is the right thing to focus on but they don’t want to loose it either.

- inspiries people to get and follow through on their spiritual journey. 

- experience with how different methods and techniques transform one’s state of consciousness. For example one of the important question the teacher could answer is how psychedelics help archieve awakening vs how sober spiritual practice helps archieve awakening and how these practices connect (support) with each other.

- general self help advice: Yes you are a spiritual teacher but you will most likely meet a lot of broken souls and you need to be able to help them with their problems to a certain extent as well. (Diet, life purpose, dealing with loneliness, getting them to seek professional help if it’s serious… )
 

 

[Leo Gura]

Pointing out all the common traps and mistakes people make. That's mostly my function.

Edited November 25, 2022 by Leo Gura

[Gesundheit2]

@Leo Gura Can't wait for that common traps video 

Edited November 25, 2022 by Gesundheit2

[Yarco]

Substitute "spiritual" for "religious" and think of all the stuff that a traditional priest, rabbi, or imam would provide to their community. All the points listed, plus probably a few more.

[Carl-Richard]

Same as any teacher: helping people grow. Spirituality is just one aspect, but a very important one for many people.

[Rob06]

On 25-11-2022 at 0:00 PM, Gesundheit2 said:

@Leo Gura Can't wait for that common traps video 

Those are the self-deception videos, and many others. 

[Tyler Robinson]

Explaining people that spirituality is a journey and not a destination.