Guru - [21]

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Q: I have recently come across a Tamil song in which

the author laments he is not like the tenacious young

monkey that can hold on to its mother tightly, but

rather like a puling -weak- kitten that must be

carried by the neck in its mother's jaws. The author

therefore prays to God to take care of him. My case is

exactly the same. You must take pity on me Bhagavan.

Hold me by the neck and see that I don't fall and get

injured.

A: That is impossible. It is necessary both for you

to strive and for the Guru to help.

 

Q: How long will it take for one to get the grace of

the Guru?

A: Why do you desire to know?

 

Q: To give me hope.

A: Even such a desire is an obstacle. The Self is ever

there; there is nothing without it. Be the Self and

the desires and doubts will disappear.

Grace is the beginning, middle and end. Grace is the

Self. Because of the false identification of the Self

with the body the Guru is considered to be a body. But

from the Guru's outlook the Guru is only the Self. The

Self is one only and the Guru tells you that the Self

alone is. Is not then the Self your Guru? Where else

will grace come from? It is from the Self alone.

Manifestation of the Self is a manifestation of grace

and vice versa. All these doubts arise because of the

wrong outlook and consequent expectation of things

external to oneself. Nothing is external to the Self.

 

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Be As You Are

The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi

 

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