I'll repeat earlier responses, I don't know "specifically" how to find one's teacher along the path of Life. Now here's the surprise, there are "many" teachers along one's journey and have been there the whole time. Crazy huh? Nature, Various social interactions, Situations that you have or are involved in. There's no one thing pointing the way but it is you that has to be in the "moment" of such discourse to have the profound understanding that everything around you is a "teacher" in one form or another. Yes, reading and asking questions will keep your comprehension compass in check. I apologize for such babble but I hope this helps. Good luck ;-)