In essence, you are neither inferior nor superior to anyone. True self-esteem and true humility arise out of that realization. In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same.

"Spiritual teacher" of course is not an identity. "Spiritual teacher" is a function. Somebody comes, the teaching happens. Somebody leaves, there's no spiritual teacher left.

True happiness is not related to external conditions but comes from the unconditioned.

The 'soul' is one of the words you can use to talk about your innermost being, the essence of who you are.

A belief may be comforting. Only through your own experience, however, does it become liberating.

Sometimes surrender means giving up trying to understand and becoming comfortable with not knowing.

There is nothing that strengthens the ego more than being right. Being right is identification with a mental position - a perspective, an opinion, a judgement, a story. For you to be right, of course, you need someone else to be wrong, as so the ego loves to make wrong in order to be right.