All of them and even the teacher in us. Is it the perfect harmony of good and bad suffering and bliss. The equal opportunity to enrich and harm. The vantage of the teacher is in so many cases at least a posture of godliness. What makes us see clearly when so many have ego and device in mind. Yet if you asked me I would say it is the most worthy and noble professions, like parenting but certainly grander because loving your child is quite easy because he or she is you but then being able to extend those intentions to a classroom or peice of literature, with the same heart takes great courage and no ego, but I think ego is what draws a great number of people into teaching as a profession. Intellectual ego hopefully with an overriding lean towards altruism and nurturing the minds and Spirits of kids. Or they set them on a path where they are bound to get ill. Mind control, at what point does "self" say I am taking back all you have given me and now create from a higher and universal place as creator of my own perceptions even though for better or worse I now have this thing call reference, and an auto-pilot available whenever you just want to let go for a moment. What is taught. Usually convention, the good news is covention changes sometimes over night sometimes it takes ages. Teachers are still the best chance for great change. Convention is easy lesson plans 3 years old lazy, samsara, much less 50 years old the story has chaned can the teacher be taught. Yes it takes courage.

And after you let go of the teacher and take over your mind. When is it time to seek a teacher again. Its a tough relationship the openess. Do you seek a teacher? Does she or he find you? Or is just being in a centered place that knowing conciousness is knowing and therefore already taught. Listen. is all there is. Change your truths when you realize they need to be changed. It doesn't diminish old truths, they were true then, just not now. I love teachers. Have dated many and even married one. I think my love of teachers is impermanence thing because to be a great teacher you have to change all the time with a center but change and tell it like the new truth that it is. So raise your whisky glass to the Good shepards. Baaah!