A True Teacher

One of the biggest challenges of spiritual evolution is the cultivation of humility and courage. We need to have enough humility to enable us to recognize those who have genuinely reached a higher stage of development than our own, and then we need to have enough courage to aspire to meet them where they are. If a spiritual teacher is authentic, he or she will never finally be satisfied until the student either equals or surpasses the teacher's attainment. A true teacher is someone who doesn't want followers but rather wants authentic partners in this great task of evolutionary transformation.

—Andrew Cohen