Teacher as Final Disappointment

A woman asks about Rupert's comment that 'the teacher and the teaching should be your final disappointment.' This caused her to feel disillusioned until she realised she's not separate from the teaching. Rupert clarifies that what he means by that is that we have been seeking fulfilment in objects and failed, so we've given up hope of finding it in objective experience. Then we turn to a teacher and invest all that hope onto the teacher. They're the last chance for happiness. Sooner or later, we have to withdraw that dependence.

From event 07 - 14 May, 2023 Seven Day Retreat at Mercy Center, CA – 7th to 14th May

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