What a Good Educator Does
Evokes and inspires the inner thirst to know
“I don’t know you. I don’t know your name. But I do love you because you are a human being. That is sufficient for me to open up my heart and bring forth to you all that I know.” — Prem Rawat
When people ask me who Prem Rawat is, I usually describe him as an “educator”. Which makes me, I guess, his student — though he has no school, no curriculum, and no exams. What he does have is an extraordinary knack for accelerating a person’s education. About what? About life and how to get the most out of it.
A clue about Prem Rawat’s approach comes from the word itself.
“Education” comes from the Latin word “educare” — meaning “to bring out.” That’s what a good educator does — brings out, from the student, the desire to learn, the thirst to know.
A good educator does not stuff the student with facts, formulas, and information. A good educator unstuffs and helps remove the obstacles that get in the way of learning — then finds a way to encourage, inspire, and guide people to find out for themselves.
What Prem Rawat brings out of a human being is innate wisdom — direct contact with the…
