Gem's from Bhagavan: Grace and Guru

[Guest guest]

I have not said that a guru is not necessary. But a Guru need not always be

in human form. First a person thinks that he is inferior and that there is

a superior all-knowing, all powerful God who controls his own and the

world's destiny and worships him or does bhakti. When he reaches a certain

stage and becomes fit for enlightenment, the same God whom he was

worshipping comes as Guru and leads him onward. That Guru comes only to

tell him, 'That God is within yourself. Dive within and realize'. God, Guru

and the Self are the same.

 

(Gems from Bhagavan, selected by A. Devaraja Mudaliar)