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Because of negative information between certain souls, we may choose to be born with those souls again, giving us an opportunity to transform the negative information.. to heal and grow! Because our greatest teachers are those whose presence gives our soul its greatest opportunity to grow ! It revealed something profound… By blood, biology or law, we may be related to someone.
Every year on Teachers’ Day, we remember the people who shaped us: our teachers, mentors and guides. We thank them for their words, their wisdom and the lessons that often stayed with us long after the classroom. But there is another kind of teacher we rarely acknowledge… The teacher who hurt us. The teacher who challenged us. The teacher who rejected us, disappointed us or brought us face-to-face with parts of ourselves we would rather not see… What if some of them are our deeper teachers, not here to teach us what they know, but to awaken what our soul needs to learn? Soul wisdom suggests, a teacher does not always arrive with kindness and encouragement. Sometimes, our deeper teachers come through difficult relationships and painful experiences. They teach us not through what they say, but through what their presence awakens within us. When a relationship becomes a teacher In Master Sha’s teachings, the soul is a databank of information, both positive and negative, carried across lifetimes. A relationship also has a soul. I was reminded of this when a client in a relationship turmoil, recently broke down, after I referred to her as her husband’s wife. Through her tears, she asked: “Where am I his wife? But being related does not necessarily mean having a relationship. A relationship requires presence. Emotional safety. Mutual respect. Connection. When these are missing, we naturally ask, “Why me? Yet this is where the spiritual journey begins: looking beyond the effect and searching for the deeper cause. The inner Soul work Soul responsibility does not mean accepting harmful behaviour or abandoning our boundaries. The inner work and the outer relationship are not the same thing. This is where soul practice becomes different from ordinary self-help or even therapy. My Guru, Dr & Master Zhi Gang Sha teaches, that we can communicate with another person at the level of the soul—beyond personality, ego, behaviour and conflict. In our spiritual practice, we can address the person’s soul: “Dear the soul of [name], I love you, honour you and deeply appreciate you. Please forgive me, my ancestors and descendants. I forgive you unconditionally. Let us be in love peace and harmony. Thank You. “ These words are not spoken to the person physically. They are a soul to soul communication. We can maintain physical boundaries while, at the soul level, choose to release resentment and judgement. From reaction to evolution When we cultivate the Greatest Qualities of the Source such as unconditional Love, Forgiveness, Compassion, Light, Humility, Harmony, we purify our heart and increase the positive information within our soul. We move: from reacting to responding, from blame to responsibility, from resentment to release, from suffering to conscious evolution. At its deepest level, the ultimate purpose of life is to increase the positive information within our soul. So this Teachers’ Day, perhaps we can honour not only those who taught us in classrooms, but also the deeper teachers our soul chose—the ones who challenged us, triggered us and sometimes broke our hearts. Vanita Keswani, Soul Teacher & Healer Looking for trusted parenting advice? Follow TOI Parenting Circle on Instagram for expert guidance, relatable stories, and practical tips delivered every day.