Seeing

Putting the other first is not a matter of deference or service, it is a matter of fully seeing the other – seeing their fullness – their full magnificence – not in relation to oneself but as an absolute entity: letting them take your breath away. This is the greatest gift you can give another and is a basic necessity for a teacher: only when he truly sees a student's fullness can that student start to consciously realise it: the teacher catalyses an already inevitable process. His seeing permits realisation.