Learning is Remembering: The Outer, Inner, and Secret Teachers

Hello Wonderful Open Heart Project,

How do you find a teacher?

It’s a question I hear often, and the answer is more nuanced than you might think.

Every true teacher appears in three ways. There is the outer teacher, the person who offers the teachings. There is the inner teacher, the part of you that recognizes something as true. And there is the secret teacher, the way life itself seems to show you something that cannot be explained, only noticed.

In this week’s video, I share about these three teachers through a story from a retreat, an unexpected lesson about joy, and a piece of music.

I hope you’ll listen, and if you do, I have one small suggestion. Near the end of the episode, I invite you to play the same song three times. The first time, listen for the meaning of the words. The second time, listen only to the sound. The third time, notice what happens to the space around you as you listen.

I’d love to know what you find.

With love,
Susan

PS: I reference the text of the Heart Sutra in this video. Here’s the version I use.

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