114. What We Must Learn: 4 Truths About Our Greatest Teachers
Spiritually Hungry
Monica Berg and Michael Berg
4.8 • 617 Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Some of the greatest teachers in our lives come to us disguised as friends, partners, children, or even a taxi driver whose story touched us somehow in a matter of minutes. They are the people who help us discover ourselves in new ways. In this episode of Spiritually Hungry, join Monica and Michael as they share some of the most powerful influences in their lives and the lessons that have been deep and lasting.
“The kabbalists share that in order to receive wisdom from a teacher, particularly a teacher imparting holy wisdom or truth, there needs to be great toiling or effort on the student’s part. And this toiling is usually in direct proportion to the student’s desire.” – Monica Berg
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| 0:00.0 | I think that often people think they need to search far and wide for enlightenment |
| 0:12.6 | when often it's right in front of us in the places we would never look. |
| 0:20.7 | Welcome to the spiritually hungry podcast. |
| 0:24.0 | Welcome. |
| 0:24.9 | I'm just going to get right into it. |
| 0:26.7 | It's not a bad idea. |
| 0:28.3 | Our teachers come to us in many disguises, |
| 0:30.7 | and they will continue to come and go throughout our lives. |
| 0:33.9 | They may arrive as friends. |
| 0:35.1 | They're always disguised. |
| 0:37.3 | I didn't say always. |
| 0:39.3 | I said many. |
| 0:45.3 | They arrive as friends or lovers. |
| 0:47.3 | They may be rabbis or wise elders or children, parents or tutors, |
| 0:53.3 | or even the taxi driver whose story touched us somehow in a |
| 0:56.4 | matter of minutes. In those instances, it has the ability to make us rethink our choices, |
| 1:03.8 | our day, perhaps even big picture decisions. And when we come upon one of our rare great teachers in life, |
| 1:12.3 | we're never the same again. Learning from them is like seeing in color for the first time, |
| 1:17.0 | or like having our first taste of sweetness. These are the teachers who will help us discover |
| 1:21.2 | ourselves in ways we never knew possible. Their influence upon us is deep and lasting, |
| 1:26.6 | and they are among the greatest gift of our lives. |
| 1:29.2 | And I can speak for both of us that we've been very blessed to be able to have such teachers in this lifetime, |
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