57. The 5 Roles of a Master
Teacher, Initiator, Mentor, Student and particularly Tradition Keeper
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There is no hierarchy within the roles, they are equally important in Phyllis Furumoto’s system. Teacher has a limited scope. He or she delivers something to the student. Initiator has energetic responsibility. For life.
This is not something that many Masters adhere to. Or even believe.
Initiator is a role which deserves further study. Mentoring expands beyond one’s own students, ie a Master makes him- or herself available as mentor to other Master’s students as well. A Master is a life-long student of Reiki.
We get to further our own studentship while teaching.
Through practice and mentoring one becomes a developed student. Tradition keeper is a new aspect. Phyllis offers weekends to explore this role, which starts with:
You don’t change what I’ve given you.
This is confrontative. The idea of oral tradition is important part of the system and often challenged. It is Phyllis’ belief that oral tradition is all the more important in today’s world of media.