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Is it possible to publicly express the desire to be a world teacher?

True teaching arises not from the desire to be a teacher, but from the depth of being a disciple; when the ego dissolves, the Master within awakens and teaching flows naturally.

— Osho
According to Osho, you can publicly declare yourself a world teacher and people will follow—but that’s an ego trip and spiritually dangerous, the blind leading the blind. True teaching flowers only from perfect disciplehood, when the ego is dropped and the Master awakens within. Resist the temptation; become a deep disciple first, and if it’s real, teaching will happen without self-proclamation.

Yes, you can say you’re a world teacher and get followers, but that’s just ego—first learn humbly as a disciple and let real teaching arise on its own.

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