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The Mind and the Master’s House
The praxis of spirituality and the practice of social change
Once upon a time, I got into an Uber Pool at LaGuardia Airport and started chatting to a British girl in the front seat. I’d recently moved back from London, and after reminiscing with her for a while about the Old Country, I asked what she was doing in New York.
“I’m following a spiritual teacher called Teal Swan,” she said. I’d heard of Teal Swan, seen some of her videos, and liked a lot of what she’d had to say.
“She’s doing a workshop here,” the girl said, “You should come.”
So I found one of the last remaining tickets for the Saturday workshop, and I went.
For those unfamiliar with Teal Swan — and we won’t get into the cult allegations here, though the fact that they exist I think warrants a mention — she often invites participants in her workshops on stage to talk with her about something they’re working through in their spiritual process. She’ll workshop the problem with them, often for up to an hour, helping the person use their experience as a case study for a broader set of understandings. On that Saturday, she spoke to the crowd and said she would call someone up, and that person’s question would have a question for everyone in it. I raised my hand along with several others…
