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Guru's Guidance to a Life of Fulfilment

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To walk the spiritual path and reach the state of God- realisation, a

guide is necessary. Just as there can be no life without prana,

without a guru there can be no know-ledge, no unfolding and growth of

the shakti or innate power which lies dormant in every individual. A

guru shows his disciple how to do sadhana and love God.

 

A guru should be one who has realised the mantra and who can charge

it with conscious force; a master of shaktipat, possessing great

spiritual power. He may be a householder or a renun-ciate but he must

be able to transmit shakti. He has divine grace.

 

A true guru is one who awakens the inner Shakti Kundalini through

shaktipat which is the descent of divine grace in an individual's

life. Having set the divine shakti in motion in an individual's body,

he bestows the joys of divine love in him. Through the compassion of

such a guru, disciples can lead lives of ecstasy.

 

A guru understands the ways of the world and the law of destiny. He

is adept in spiritual matters but he is just as adept in practical

affairs. Disciples who live under the protection of such a guru pass

through difficulties with ease and seekers in a Siddha ashram live

fearlessly even in the most terrifying of circumstances.

 

Normally, it is difficult to get to know realised gurus or to

understand them. If someone performs a small miracle, we accept him

as a guru. If someone gives a mantra or shows a technique in tantra,

we are willing to accept him as a guru.

 

We are quite indiscriminate in accepting people as gurus. And because

we do not receive inner satisfaction from them, our faith gets

destroyed and we think that guruhood itself is nothing but hypocrisy.

We end up becoming hostile to a true master and do him injustice.

 

A true guru is not one who tries to gather as many disciples as

possible and keep them in that condition even after leaving his

physical form. Only he is a true guru who, having himself become a

guru, takes discipleship away from his disciples and turns them into

realised beings like himself.

 

A true guru is perfect, simple, direct and loving. He is the well-

wisher of his disciples. He doesn't covet his disciples' wealth and

property but takes on their sins and anxieties. He shows the

spiritual path.

 

The guru can lead his disciples to the vision of God without severe

asceticism. He brings the peace of a cave and the experience of

solitude right into people's homes. He shows the spiritual path right

in the midst of the world. He lets you see the Himalayas in everyday

life and Mount Kailash in meditation. A true guru helps us renounce

our limited individuality rather than property and wealth.

 

Blessing him with divine grace, the guru turns a person's ordinary

life into a sacred existence. The disciple continues to follow his

occupation in society and sees his life as a gift bestowed by God.

The guru elevates his disciples to higher levels, shows them their

own true nature, merges them with Shiva and makes them Shiva.

 

Guru's Guidance to a Life of Fulfilment

Times Of India

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