The Guru is the guiding light in the lives of all of us.
A life without Guru is similar to a boat without a rudder. The hapless sailor doesn’t know whether the
boat will float, or sink, only the winds of the circumstance, labelled as
destiny decides the fate of the boat. Blessed are the souls who get initiated
by the Guru, the guiding light that can change your life and bestow you with
the touch of magnificence. It’s the Guru and only the Guru who can add wings to
your tired and listless soul to soar and experience the brilliance of the
divine. In fact,
Guru is the savior in the so called rat race of life, where
even if you win, you’re still a rat. He gives a direction to the life. Most
importantly, He teaches you to smell the flowers on the way and not get trapped
in the journey. Destination is not important rather the journey has its beauty.
It’s about living in the moment, experiencing simple and trivial pleasures of
life, which we are in the habit of postponing till we reach a particular goal,
which could be our personal mileposts, our children’s targets and then
grand-children. It seems like the attachment has no end. Guru can deliver you
from this tailspin.
However, most of the disciples even after initiation
are not able to surrender to the Guru. Somehow, doubts obstruct in the path of
surrender. So obsessed are we with our preconceived notions, learnings that we
try to fit in the Guru in our pre-existing mould somehow even if it requires
sacrificing on the learning we may acquire from the Guru. Somehow, we are
fascinated with miracles and we want Guru to cast spells, mitigate our personal
concerns, our domestic struggles. Engrossed in the outer domain we tend to
ignore the real self, which is the territory where the master has to work, to
enable us evolve as a soul and rise beyond the ordinary.
Often I’ve wondered why as disciples we are so mired
in the mundane, in the frivolous and are not able to trust the Guru. For me the
reasons lie in our inability to trust? In our obsession with the extraordinary,
the form of divine that has been handed down to us from ages, the God in his
resplendence that we’re unable to have faith in the simplicity of the Guru and
in his normal existence.
The modesty that should have connected us more with
the Guru comes in the path of the trust. This is what is called the absence of
absolute surrender, where you do something ritualistically, just because you’re
ordained to do it. I would call it half-hearted surrender. Doing but not
believing in it.
How to rise above the challenge? The solution is
simple. Trust Guru. When you trust boundaries evaporate and you merge with the
Guru. The real test of being a disciple is to connect with the Guru without
expectations. Most of the times, we inundate Guru with our trivial concerns,
which are just a
phase in the life because good and not-so-good times
constitute life.
Guru is the alchemist who can transform you.
However, you have to allow him to cast his spell. Allow him to take in your
fold and trust him. The word here is BLINDLY. Avoid doubts because they can
erode your relationship with the Guru. Guru and disciple are bound by love and
affection. Enjoy it and cherish the beautiful relationship and see how master
weaves his magic.
Disclaimer
Me and My Guru, my thoughts, any resonance with you
or your thoughts is not coincidental
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