A Thought on Education
Education is the great inborn instinct of human beings to help each other. Continuously we educate and are being educated. Nature and the very gods of religions and mythology are our educators. Education means to bring the best potentials within us to the surface. We educate our children, our pupils, our friends, even our enemies if we have them. From birth we are continuously educated by our parents, other children, our teachers, by the elderly in our society, by nature, by our sacred texts. The best motivating forces for teachers is love, for our field of knowledge, and for those who yearn to drink our wisdom. Our common Great Teacher is Nature in its universal sense, of which we understand and apply our own bit, not just for ourselves, but for the benefit of others – constantly sowing seeds for the near and far future.
Taken from: Culture Transcending Education from a Theosophical Viewpoint
