Having a desire to be a spiritual teacher has to come from someplace other than self-realization. That's the meaning behind the expression, before enlightenment, carry water, chop wood. After enlightenment, same thing. If someone's dharma is to be a spiritual teacher and they attained self-realization, they would be a better teacher.
As for having spiritual groupie status out the wazoo, there is no sense of being above or below anyone else after the dawning of self-realization, so having some people treat you in a favorable way on the basis of your consciousness wouldn't be seen as a benefit by a self-realized person. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > The second: What would you think of a seeker who had > enlightenment presented to him on a platter and who > then rejected it, preferring to accept and try to > groove with whatever state of consciousness life > presented to him? > > What I'm thinkin' is that the "career path" presented > to the Serious Spiritual Seeker is pretty fuckin' lame > and limited. Just sayin'. :-) I mean, the path laid out > for you as a young, aspiring spiritual aspirant is that > you will keep doin' what you've been told to do and one > day you'll get all enlightened and all. At that point, > you will do what all the other enlightened beings we > celebrate in history have done, and become a Teacher. > Other people will flock to you as students and accept > everything you say as The Truth just because you say it. > You will be a walking god. You will have spiritual > groupie status out the wazoo. > > What if someone got all enlightened and all, and decided > to do something else? > > Would that be a Good Thing in your opinion, or a Bad Thing? >
