Verse 99 of Guru Gita

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Guru Gita, Verse 99

By means of the path of the intuitive vision of the Guru, the mind

should be made pure. The impermanent and other divisions should not

be a bondage to the soul.

Since I am reading "Sahib Sadhu," I feel I am actually experiencing

the truth of this verse. My sense of being more connected to Swami

grows with each chapter; I see how his intuitive vision of his first

Guru, Amritanada, gave him complete trust of the Guru in any

circumstance or whatever the Guru asked of him.

 

I also believe that it is possible to have an intuitive vision of the

Guru, where one experiences the truth of the Guru's Being inside

one's own heart. But I believe there is a path to achieving this

intuitive vision, and Swamiji has walked it himself. Once this true

intuitive vision has occurred, which involves trust and surrender,

the rest of the verse automatically follows. We would automatically

realize that the impermanent and other divisions are not a bondage of

any kind. In "Sahib Sadhu," one sees Swamiji gradually reaching this

state, for when his guru said they would travel and told Swami not to

bring anything, Swami's response was, not even credit cards.

Amritananda said, "God will provide all we need." Then we see Swami

achieving this state where he goes anywhere, faces anything (snakes,

people who would attack him, etc.) and he has no attachment except to

exemplify Love. Jai Swamiji , Jai Guru ~ Linda