To Nanda on attachment

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Nanda wrote:

My sincere thanks to the thoughtful responses from the group regarding

"Short Intensive Sadhana or Long Non Intensive Sadhana"...So while we

continue to chew on this topic, here is another one that has been on

my mind.We all know (atleast intellectually) that attachment (as

opposed to love) creates problems for us. But what about attachment

to the Guru ?

Dear Nanda ~ I'd still like to know what Swamiji has to say about this

first one, and now the second. I remember from the retreat I went to

that Swamiji, in talking about gurus, mentioned several kinds: the

upa guru, who gets you to your first guru; then you may go to another

and another and another, until finally you reach the Supreme Guru,

whom Swamiji named as Shiva. It seems to me there must be some kind

of attachment to the guru(s) along the way, else you would cease the

journey. I also believe that the attachment to the guru is a way of

finding non-attachment to other things, and I very much have some

things I would love to be non-attached to at the moment. But I agree

with the statement you quoted ~ the ultimate is to realize the Guru

and God/dess in one's Self. Jai Maa , Jai Swamiji ~ Linda