What Qualities Make The Best Spiritual Teachers?
The best spiritual teachers all share one thing in common – an innate desire to help others. This deep and unshakable generosity of spirit resides within every one of us, though not everyone is able to recognize and develop this vital quality.
If you suspect that you are destined to help the people in your life heal, grow, and evolve through the inspiration of your words and actions, then you have already begun your journey towards becoming a spiritual teacher (Wikipedia).
The First Step: Answering The Calling
Every powerful spiritual leader in every culture was drawn to their life’s work by the same thing – an irresistible calling. That’s just another word for inspiration. There’s no right or wrong way to arrive at a vocation for spiritual teaching. In fact, many experiences that at first seem like bad luck can ultimately inspire tremendous growth and a new life path.
-Traumatic life events. Many spiritual teachers emerge from an intense illness, injury, or loss with a new found faith.
-Powerful personal healing experiences. People who achieve incredible results from their own personal spiritual healing often decide to devote their lives to helping others.
-Successfully counseling a friend or loved one. Witnessing positive change in someone close to you as a result of your spiritual guidance is often a powerful indicator that healing is your life’s work.
-An insatiable curiosity. No matter how much they read about it, talk about it, and practice it, the best spiritual teachers never grow tired of the spiritual journey and all of its many questions and revelations.
Tools of The Best Spiritual Teachers
It’s easy to say which tools a plumber, doctor, or computer programmer need. But when we’re talking about matters of the spirit, we often have to build an arsenal of skills deep within the mind and heart. The spiritual healing and teaching arts have a long tradition in every culture, with both deep conceptual bases and practical, time-sharpened techniques for helping others feel happy and healthy.
Every spiritual teacher needs:
•A complex understanding of energy.
Every civilization from the ancient Chinese to early Native American tribes describe a network of energy centers in the body and throughout the world. Spiritual teachers learn to understand and move this energy to create positive change.
•A finely honed intuition.
What many call “the third eye” is a powerful, innate intuition or sixth sense that allows us to connect with the unseen. The best spiritual teachers learn to tap into this incredible power.
•Expanding consciousness.
In order to achieve physical, mental, and spiritual balance, everyone must learn how to quiet the mind and invite the unseen power of the cosmos in. The number one way to connect with this energy is through learning the art of meditation.
The Best Spiritual Teachers Are Optimists
Whether you call them doctors, medicine men, shaman, gurus, spiritual advisors, or healers, all spiritual teachers possess the ability to see the true potential in every living being, with clarity and compassion. Then, they apply their knowledge to help that potential manifest in the form of great health, abundance, and joy.
Do you usually look for the sunny side of a situation?
Are you more solution-oriented than problem-obsessed?
Do you sometimes feel an innate sense of wisdom that transcends traditional education?
If so, it may be time to take your spiritual journey to the next level.
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The Deborah King Center
Spiritual journeys take many forms, but there is indeed a place where you can go to receive powerful, formal training in all of the most vital skills for a spiritual teacher – the Deborah King Center. Deborah King’s moving life story led her on a personal quest to bring balance and inspiration to people all over the world.
Now, Deborah has distilled the breadth of her knowledge into a series of deeply enlightening, practical courses which will give you in-depth training in all the skills the best spiritual teachers need.
From meditation to energy healing to life coaching and beyond, join Deborah today and take the next step on your path to a life of generosity and meaning.