Before looking for a Guru, it is important to know who is a true Guru, and who will guide you to the path of happiness.
Who is real GURU ?
• One who says he is a Guru is not a true Guru.
• A Guru is not one who claims authority on you.
• A Guru is not one who dictates terms to you.
• A Guru simply means one who brings more joy, alertness and awareness into your life.
• He is the one who helps you get in touch with yourself, who reminds you to live in the present moment, who pulls you out of your guilt, agitation, sorrow, anguish and allows you to be yourself. Also, a master lives the values he teaches.
Enlightenment does not come through authority. Somebody cannot command you to get enlightened. Once life blossoms, and love and compassion become a reality, then silence dawns and the transformation happens. That is enlightenment. It is a personal experience.
God is also a very personal experience. It is something akin to pain. If you have a pain in your leg, can you prove it to anybody? Can you show your pain to anybody?
Much the same way, the opening of infinite consciousness is also a personal experience. The basic substratum of creation — you may call it God or any other name — opens up to us more and more as we get rid of the stresses and start living in the present moment. And then dawns surrender.
Surrender is not an act. One cannot “try” to surrender. Most often, one keeps wondering as to how to surrender. And this struggle blocks one from being “in” surrender. Surrendering is in your nature. Just like it is a child’s nature to love toys, candies, and ice creams.
How can one find his true GURU?
Just be open and keep learning, and when your learning is complete, it becomes obvious. When you’re on the path, don’t worry about the Guru. First look at your own life, your own self. Have trust in yourself. And as knowledge unfolds, you’ll find that there is suddenly a lot of gratitude in you towards somebody and then you can accept him as a master.
Pranams to our Guruji!
Jai Gurudev!
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