question of what is guru

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Hello Everyone -

 

Srini asked those who are studying the Kashyapa Sutras to write a

paragraphs worth of an answer to the following two questions.

 

1) What does Guru mean to me?

2) How has he/she changed my life?

 

My answer came out more as a free verse poem than prose, so please

forgive the "poetic license" <bashful grin>

 

Guru is

Teacher

Friend

Confidant

Someone who knows me better than I know myself

An example of how to live

Not limited to one form or expression

Undeniable

How have I changed?

She has opened me up to a whole new spiritual

world of possibility

I now see with new eyes

She helps me to feel

what I only had intellectualized in the past

I wasn't planning on or searching for a guru

Western nature spirituality

a path known as Wicca is what

I practice - then and now

Personal definition:

Guru is a spiritual teacher who you've made some form of

commitment to.

 

East & West

Guru & Disciple

 

Blessings

 

 

The Kali/Durga Goddess complex has always been a part of my soul

swimming in, out and around my neo-pagan sensibilities as I

celebrate the seasons and life. I met who was to become my guru

Amritanandamayi Ma, Kali Ma Herself, back in 1990 and in 1992 took

mantra diksha. Ammachi speaks directly to the heart and since I

wasn't going to become an ashramite I believe she sent me to other

spiritual teachers who could speak to my mind as well as my heart

and help me develop a spiritual discipline full of bhava. In the mid-

90's this was through the meeting of Saraswati Ma in the form of Sri

Karunamayi Ma loving Mother and wise counselor who teases the mind

with this "really cool" thing called meditation. I visit her every

time she comes to southern California. Also around this time there

was a meeting in San Diego, CA with Parvati/Shiva – Ardhanarishwara

Her/Him-self in the forms of Shee Maa & Swami Satchitananda

Saraswati. They of course added another "really cool" thing to what

I call my sadhana and this is the joy of chanting and access to

scriptures. This satsang continues with the meeting of other holy

people through their devotees too numerous to tell and now with the

cyber-satsang of the Devi Mandir website there it is any place any

time 24/7. Thank you Devi Mandir family, the gurus, rishis and all

the God-filled bhakta/karma/jnana devotees I've met on the way.

 

Jai Ma!

 

Marsha (Orca)