Two Spiritual Teachers:

1. True Spiritual teachers use Spiritual teachings to liberate people from their pain and the habits which produce pain and suffering. This style of teaching comes from those who inspire and motivate others by example. They have Spiritual experience and are accomplished in that realm. The fruit, or result, of these teachers' work is a shift from the insanity, hatred and the little violences of the world to peace, harmony, and abundance. These teachers, while not perfect, focus on their own work. Their hand is always out, compassionately extended for the purpose of supporting anyone who is healing.
2. False teachers use Spiritual teaching deviously. Under the guise of a promise to save or liberate people from present or future pain and suffering, they use threat and fear tactics to drive people deeper into their trauma. Often suffering is promoted as good and necessary and the promise of liberation applies to some sort of an afterlife, which cannot be proven nor disproven. These 'teachers' also have a hand out, but it is gathering for themselves or their organizations and using some form of threat or fear tactic to keep people in tow.
   The false teacher uses religion to acquire political, financial and/or behavioral control over people. The incentive for the weak or insecure to enter this type of religious order and join the ranks of false teachers is evident. A disproportionate percentage of the assets, power, sexual favors and money of the people they control and manage accrues to them.
   False teachers operate in religion, business, government, media, education and families.
   They can show up anywhere.

WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME . . . AGAIN?!

. . . and What You Can Do About It

By dr. michael ryce [1996]

There is a simple test by which you can tell a true teacher from a false one.

Remember: Expect Miracles!