Schools are the outcome of consciousness. When the state of consciousness is materialised, a school is built. Later may come a series of things, form, culture, community, discipline, etc. But the very source of school is the wish to share consciousness. Creating a school is a process of giving and gaining for a conscious being. He shares his consciousness and in return, gains from the conscious efforts of his students.
Consciousness is both the cause and effect of schools. A conscious being does not do it alone. A conscious spark, a higher influence guides him. As students create being, their consciousness manifests itself through the school.
“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the light of that candle will not be dimmed.” – Buddha.
On different scale, it takes a lot to build a school. A lot of work emotionally, mentally and physically. To make a school requires endless work, but as long it is for the right end, things usually fall into place. One needs to work both internally and externally, as both areas push each other forward. Sometimes, when we lack energy internally, our external world helps us to keep going. When we have a lot of energy internally, we want to express it externally. Both these ideas go hand and hand and when we do it long enough with the right help, a school arises.
The consciousness of the teacher and students is what builds a school. The level of a school includes the level of being of the students of the school. A conscious school is the manifestation of the students’ consciousness and the students carry the school within them.
At the core, the school, the students, and their consciousness come from the same source–higher worlds, as mirrored by human consciousness.
Dhruvi Chavda practices the Fourth Way in India. For other articles of hers, see: https://www.fourthway.cn/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Saqquara-1.jpgauthor/dhruvi-chavda/, including her recent articles on the duality of life and the transformation of suffering.