The spiritual vibration that emanates from the teacher attracts the disciple

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" Hindus believe in the Blessings and the Grace of God, and that they

come through the Guru. The Guru plays a very central part in the

Hindu religion and the Blessing that we get from God is the knowledge

that we receive. That when we get this knowledge, we can recognize a

holy man, we can recognize Truth from falsehood, and that recognition

is very important for a Hindu because when we mistake the untruth for

Truth and the Truth for untruth, that confusion leads to a lot of

problems in life. As a result we find that we do not progress in any

real sense.

 

It is very important to recognize the good in people and even more

important to recognize the Spiritual Master or Teacher as God on

earth, that he is the representation of God's Blessing on earth. That

contact with Him is very important, because the moment we get in

touch with Him our lives become different. He is an example of which

the scriptures speak. He is the wise man, the holy man, the free man,

the happy man. When we find these characteristics in Him, the grace

flows from God through Him to us and when we surrender ourselves to

the holy man, the Guru, we will find that we are receiving God's

Grace, because that happiness and joy transmit from God, from the

Divine Being, through the guru to the disciples and devotees. In the

Guru we have faith and we approach Him with reverence; we prostrate

in front of Him and we serve Him. That close connection with Him

helps us to receive that Divine Vibration which emanates from His

very Being. It is something we cannot describe in words, that kind of

communication cannot be verbal - it is something that is intuitive,

that we experience within. So when we speak about God's Grace in the

Hindu religion, we find that God's Grace comes to us through the

Guru, through the saints, through the spiritual Masters.

 

It is through this that we find satisfaction and fulfilment. It is a

fact - even in our secular life in the world - that the teacher plays

a very important part, for without a teacher it is very difficult to

learn anything. And it is more so in our spiritual life. When we come

in touch with a spiritual Master, He is like a mother: He will take

care of us, guide and protect us, and do whatever is necessary for

us - He will help us all the way. Contact with Him is like completing

90 per cent of the journey and we have to walk only 10 per cent

ourselves. When we, as aspirants, are frustrated, rejected, forlorn

and feel that we cannot achieve our goal, the Guru will urge us at

that moment, encourage us and help us on our way, and so, gradually

we will get back on our feet and proceed on the journey. The Guru is

like a cat carrying its kitten. Likewise, the guru takes the disciple

to a certain distance and when he reaches there, he will understand

the greater values of the inner life. Then he himself will walk the

path towards Self-realization. Detachment plays an important part in

Self-realization, knowledge and liberation, because when we are

attached to the world we become bound by the world of cause and

effect. The Guru - in His way - attracts the 'child', the aspirant,

to Him, away from the world, onto the spiritual path. As soon as the

aspirant comes near the Guru, he will sense the spiritual value in

the teacher's life. The spiritual vibration that emanates from the

teacher attracts the disciple. "

 

Swami Nirliptananda