Friday, January 9, 2009

Who's the Guru!!!

In an age like ours success alone counts and the material satisfactionsit brings.

However, an ever-increasing number of dissatisfiedpeople are seeking to know the reason of life. And, onthe other hand, there are sages who know and strive to help suffering humanity and to spread the light of knowledge. When the two meet, he who knows and he who wants to know, theresprings up a new hope in the world, and a little light penetrates the prevailing darkness.

The Western mind always finds it difficult to submit totally to a Guru and without total and unquestioning surrender to the Guru his help to you is paralysed.

The Indians believe (or have the experience) that the Divine lives in the human being. The Europeans don’t believe it. For them, he is somewhere above. He has incarnated only in Jesus Christ. So they don’t bow down to any human person. But if one bows down to a person who has embodied the DivineConsciousness—of course with faith—then that person canmore easily transmit his consciousness (or experience) to theother.In both cases, it is only an absolute sincerity and an unmixedhumility that can be your safeguard.
To each one things are said according to his or her capacity ofunderstanding.It follows that the knowledge given to one may not be usefulor good for another. That is why the personal teaching of theGuru must not be disclosed to others.If you have faith and confidence, it is not the human form ofthe guru that you worship, but the Supreme Lord who manifeststhrough him.Be not troubled and give yourself unreservedly to theSupreme Lord through whatever channel helps you.