Jesus specifically says that the 50 miracle principles apply to the role of teacher:

The aim of the teacher is to give pupils more of what is temporarily his. This process has

all of the miracle conditions we referred to at the beginning [the 50 miracle principles].

The teacher (or miracle worker) gives more to those who have less, bringing them closer

to equality with him, at the same time gaining for himself. (T-3.IX.2:1-6)

We can glean two key things from this passage for our current purposes:

• The teacher is being characterized as a miracle worker.

• All of the principles that were given for miracles apply to teaching.

The final sentence in the above passage, in fact, sounds like a number of those miracle

principles:

7: “They supply a lack, and are performed by those who have more for those who have less.”

9: “It brings more love to the giver and the receiver.”

16: “They simultaneously increase the reserve of strength in the giver and supply the lack of

strength in the receiver.”

18: “A miracle is a service. It is the maximal service one person can render another.”

43: “A major contribution of miracles is their strength in releasing a person from his misplaced sense of isolation, deprivation, and lack.”

All of this should not surprise us, as he says essentially the same thing about parents and therapists—that the miracle principles apply to those roles as well:

Miracles are a blessing from parents to children. This is just another way of phrasing the earlier principle about “by those who have more for those who have less.” (T-1.40.1:1-2)

Therapy is exactly the same as all other forms of miracle working. It has no separate laws of its own. All of the principles that were given for miracles apply to therapy because, unless therapy proceeds from miracle-mindedness, it cannot heal. (T-3.VIII.4:1-3)

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