It takes time to get rid of all this garbage that I've been carrying around that was influencing the way I thought and the way I lived. It had a lot to do with Yoko, showing me that I was still possessed. I left physically when I fell in love with Yoko, but mentally it took the last ten years of struggling. I learned everything from her. ... It is a teacher-pupil relationship. That's what people don't understand. She's the teacher and I'm the pupil. I'm the famous one, the one who's supposed to know everything, but she's my teacher. She's taught me everything I fucking know. She's my Don Juan ... a Don Juan doesn't have a following. A Don Juan isn't in the newspaper and doesn't have disciples and doesn't proselytize.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Lennon credits Yoko Ono as his teacher who helped him shed past mental baggage and learn life lessons.
- In plain terms
- He learned from Yoko and realized he needed to let go of old ways.
- What can you take from it?
- True learning can happen in personal relationships.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who was your teacher?
- How do you change?
Another view
It might idealize the teacher-pupil dynamic in a relationship.
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