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Students' perspective on Mother Clare

posted ‎‎Jun 20, 2009 6:47 PM‎‎ by Rev Rachel
Hello friends.  Two weeks ago I asked some of the Oakland students to comment on their experience with Mother Clare, one of our Master Teachers (the other being Father Peter).  Here's what they wrote:

Mother Clare is so solid and present with me and the community. I feel how available and giving to us she is. How much she sees us as our true selves and just that we are clouded over with things that aren’t ours. I feel so blessed that she sees this in me and wants to help me, wants me become whole. I have been shown where I have been, where I am at and what I have to work on. I have practical and immediate things to apply to my life. I feel that this weekend has moved me toward my goals, and is helping me to let go of unhealthy patterns.

-Christopher

(The) weekend's seminar series with Mother Clare showed me a lot about myself and the ways that I keep myself small. I discovered that there is indeed a strength within me that has mostly been dormant all this time. I now feel empowered to change the things that aren't working in my life. Mother Clare has the power to see us so clearly and individually, and give us the steps to take right action in our lives. I am so grateful for her love and her generosity.
-Giselle

 Being with a master teacher is an intense experience. I like intense.  When Mother Clare was just at our center, I felt that my life could change - right here - right now.  There are times when I am with either of them and just feel things clicking into place.  For a brief moment, I can feel that I am tapping into feeling comfortable and fearless and discovering the adventure of being loved by God and alive! (and it feels strangely calm).   Although I haven't yet sustained this, I also get practical direction from the Teachers.  They are the people that I most want to look at me, and I am honored by their attention to my most awkward spillings of my feelings.
-Faith