Sri Aurobindo
The first principle of teaching is that nothing can be taught. The teacher is not an instructor or a task master; he is a helper and a guide. His business is to suggest and not to impose. The second principle is that the mind has to be consulted in its own growth. The third principle is to work from the near to far from “which is” to that “which shall be…”
Teaching, Example and, Influence; these are the three instalments of the Guru. The wise teacher will not seek to impose himself or his opinion on the passive acceptance of the reactive mind. He will throw in only what is productive and sow as a seed, which will grow under the divine fostering within.