Ordinary People Are Vulnerable To Praise

My job is teaching English as a second language. Every month the students of my school assess the teachers, as to whether they think that the teacher is doing a good job or not. My ratings were so-so, and I endeavored to improve them.

One month I got very good ratings from almost all my students. The next month my ratings fell to poor from almost all my students. I was shocked and then puzzled as to what had happened.

Suddenly, I remembered Master telling us how dangerous it is for Her to praise any of us, that our performance immediately changes from good to bad after Her praise. Then I understood what had happened, so shallow was my ego, that this little bit of praise had knocked me off centre, had "gone to my head". I became overconfident and arrogant thinking that I could do no wrong. My students quickly corrected me and told me just how wrong I could be!

I find that Master's teachings are invaluable in helping me to understand my very wrong habitual thought patterns in many life situations. Now I feel that Master has given me The Illuminated Guideline and it is up to my own intelligence to learn about my shortcomings from every life situation.

Thank You Master!