I think the
following books - there are many others, of course, so
this selection is just what it is, a selection, not implying that other
books are not at least equally important to be read; I would like to
also stress that I do not agree with everything stated in these books
or texts, e. g. against some information in the books of Tolle
(albeit the stillness is relatively easily accessible) through the
works of E. Tolle - I would
like to hint at and stress the possibilty of having unlimited and
in a sense everlasting life on the physical plain as well - should be
read by
every teacher (I list two of them, there are more excellent ones
written by him, not all are listed here):
- Tolle,
Eckhart: The Power of Now.
Hodder & Stoughton. (ISBN: 0340733500) (info)
- Tolle,
Eckhart: A New Earth. (ISBN-10: 0525948023, ISBN-13: 978-0525948025) (info). In this book,
there is a chapter on education. Although it seems to
be more directed to parents, there are important hints which might be
applicable to the relationship between teacher and student as well.
- Hawkins,
David R.:Power
vs. Force.
The Hidden Determinants of Human
Behavior. Hay House. (ISBN:
1-56170-933-6).
Although
there is also a German version [Hawkins,
David R.: Von der Kraft, die wir ausstrahlen. VAK],
I recommend, at least additionally, reading the English one,
since it is stronger and newer. – I have, at the time of
writing this, only
read the beginning, but it seems to be very strong and promissing
indeed.) Further
books as to kinesiology can be found here.
- Stratton-Porter, Gene: Michael
O'Halloran. [In: The Libary of Indiana
Classics.] Bloomington and Indianapolis:
Indiana University
Press 1995.
For those interested in a sort of perfect outline of spiritual
"levels of experience" and explantions for quite a lot of questions,
please have a look in the Franklin
Merrell - Wolff's "Experience and
Philosophy" described on this
page. If you are still longing for more, maybe this page might help.
II. Articles, Interviews and other
Media
Also, I would recommend reading this
link in German. For English, there is a great Podcast Series with
Eckhart Tolle and Oprah here.
III. Ideas on Teacher's Tasks
I think
that an important task of a teacher is not to "fill" a
child with knowledge of the head (intellect), but to uncover the
capability of receiving true knowledge in an instant. Infusing
"learning" does not mean "wisdom", and learning without wisdom is to be
avoided in the interest of the de-velopment of the world as well as of
realizing reality in its highest sense..
There
is no thing you cannot teach
if you do open up,
whatever be your destiny,
it is to work, the silent pub
of yore is gone, in silence be
a star for everyone - here is your work, your destiny:
it is the teaching One.