A place to meet for honest and positive dialogue about the School, and about the Teaching it exists to offer. Stop, listen, respond and participate. A principal reference point is the words of His Holiness Sri Shantananda Sarasvati.
It appears to me that although there is still no proper forum for discussing the issues raised on this blog (ie about the School rather than some of the lengthy "off-topic" debates of late), I do feel that the important issues are being addressed.
All of the issues that I personally have had for 10 years or more are now being satisfactorily dealt with.
Given that, I wonder what more there is to say? I don't feel the need to go on with this for the sake of it.
This week I sat with a former assistant tutor and told her about the coaching that I witnessed/experienced in Part 2 a couple of weeks back, and which I mentioned on this blog.
She lit up at once. 'We could do with some of that,' she said. 'I get so tired of being expected to say what the tutor wants me to say.'
When I then said that the essence of coaching (as I understood it) was that the coachee, i.e., the student in this case, led, and there were no given answers, let alone 'correct' ones, she took the point immediately.
'You mean it's an enquiry?'
'A method,' I replied, 'which can be taught.'
It's not that this is the last word in anything, and I mustn't pretend to know more than I do, but it does seem that your stream, Kevin, has opened up new vistas which have not necessarily spread elsewhere.
So there is still work to be done and questions to be asked.
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Just saw this today:
"Speak only if it improves upon the silence."
~ Mahātma Gandhi
and this one:
"A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble."
~ Mahātma Gandhi
ok, ok, I'm getting therapy for quote addiction...
I'm beginning to agree with this first quotation.
It appears to me that although there is still no proper forum for discussing the issues raised on this blog (ie about the School rather than some of the lengthy "off-topic" debates of late), I do feel that the important issues are being addressed.
All of the issues that I personally have had for 10 years or more are now being satisfactorily dealt with.
Given that, I wonder what more there is to say? I don't feel the need to go on with this for the sake of it.
This week I sat with a former assistant tutor and told her about the coaching that I witnessed/experienced in Part 2 a couple of weeks back, and which I mentioned on this blog.
She lit up at once. 'We could do with some of that,' she said. 'I get so tired of being expected to say what the tutor wants me to say.'
When I then said that the essence of coaching (as I understood it) was that the coachee, i.e., the student in this case, led, and there were no given answers, let alone 'correct' ones, she took the point immediately.
'You mean it's an enquiry?'
'A method,' I replied, 'which can be taught.'
It's not that this is the last word in anything, and I mustn't pretend to know more than I do, but it does seem that your stream, Kevin, has opened up new vistas which have not necessarily spread elsewhere.
So there is still work to be done and questions to be asked.
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