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Guru
If you feel earnestly the urgency for escaping from the cycle of
birth and death,you will ignore any spiritual gloom prevailing in
the land and seek out a guidinglight which will dispel the gloom
for you. Such a guiding light is the Guru, yourspiritual master,
Who is waiting to help you. Just as we nee d a doctor t o cure us
ofour illness, a Guru is necessary to know what the Sastras
prescribe and t o teach usthe particular course of action suite d
to our qualifications. If you wish for a Guru inall earnestness, He
will be before you in no time. But if you require His presenceonly
to enable you to test His competence as a Guru, He will be farther
off thanbefore. Surrender yourself ent irely to a Guru. He will
take you by the hand and lead
you to t he goal. But you must have t rue f aith in Him. Have
implicit faith in the wordsof your Guru and earnestly follow His
instructions for the realisation of God andyou shall certainly see
God.
Do not be disheartened by the spiritual darkness over-running
the world. When theSun sets and the darkness of t he night envelops
the land, we do not stop our worksaying that the Sun has set. Do we
not light a lamp and get on with our normalactivities with t hat
aid of that lamp? If we fee l that there is an urgency, do we
notwalk miles and miles toget her during the darkest of nights
guided by the flickeringlight of the torch? For the purpose of
trade and money, we cross the vast oceansand explore the air, but
for the purpose of Truth we make no ef fort. We want thete achers
to come t o our door and solve our doubts for us. We have no time
ordesire t o learn and practice our dharmas.
Religious teachers offer guidance based on the needs and the
compete nce of thepeople who come to t hem. That is why a teacher
gives diffe rent advise t o diffe rentseekers, just as a doctor
prescribes diff erent medicines for diff erent patients. AGuru is
bound to teach only those who do not know, but seek to know. If
peopleprefer to remain in ignorance, the teachers are not t o blame
at all for notatte mpting to te ach them.
True Gurus are available in every religion. They may not be in t
he ordinary world ofstrife , for such a world does not want t hem
nor have t hey any use for such a world.The y may sometimes be
found even in the midst of strife, as strife cannot injurethe m.
Doubts can never be solved unless you approach the pe rsons who
have notmerely studied their religion but are daily living it. Go,
the refore, in search of atrue master. He is always available and
is only waiting for a sign of real earnestnessin you. If you have
true humility and earnestne ss to see God, He will solve all
yourdoubts and show you God in no time at all.
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