Acharya Prashant addresses a seeker who feels that reading or listening to spiritual teachers like Osho, J. Krishnamurti, and Nisargadatta Maharaj has become repetitive and unnecessary because they have already attained peace. He explains that the mind is inherently ambitious and always looks for something new to gain or a destination to reach. If one stops listening to a teacher because they feel they have 'exhausted' the knowledge, it reveals that the relationship was based on acquisitiveness rather than love. A spiritual teacher's role is not to provide new information or burden the student with knowledge, but to point toward a simple truth that does not change. In the Indian tradition, repetition, such as reading the Bhagavad Gita daily, is practiced because the connection is rooted in love, not just the pursuit of information. Acharya Prashant further clarifies that the ego often uses the claim of having 'arrived' or becoming like the teacher as a trick to preserve itself and avoid further guidance. He emphasizes that even if one reaches a state of freedom, they continue to associate with the teacher as a friend or lover rather than a seeker. Regarding the search for a real teacher, he notes that a true teacher is already looking for the student. The hallmark of a genuine teacher is the simultaneous experience of a death-like fear and a life-giving attraction. He advises the seeker not to resist or run away when such a teacher is found, but to allow the process of transformation to happen naturally without the ego's interference.
