More often than not we see that many of us go into hyperbole in a search
for a kind of sacredness and Godliness. We quest for it someplace and
everyplace, looking for that misplaced abstract absolution and mystical meaning
only to become kind of trapped with pseudo-spiritualists.
These spiritual shamsters have honed their skill to the fine art of
convincing and confusing the listener.
Spirituality
has become more of a fashionable and trendy talking point, which is forever
changing with time. Almost on a regular basis, we come across God marketers who
feign spirituality by donning a cloak of piety, reciting verses from the
religious text. A crew of ‘chellas’ with
sombre expressions and benign façade, hover around shading the true intent from
the society.
And
the amazingly astonishing bit is that they succeed in conning the eager and
susceptible in futile fakery of pursuit. From behind this veil of spirituality
they try to gain the power to control mind-sets to befool desperate seeker and
achieve their petty goals.
On the other hand, in real-time, there is no dedicated path to follow.
Though we may see an ephemeral spark of luminosity here and there, but the ensuing
thoughts and queries that follow are replete with an extensive banter of
internalised dialogue and conflicts within.
It is a treacherous journey in this world of bogus gurus and spiritual
guides.
If this be so where do we begin?
Where do we find our real Guru...
Where do we find our real Guru...
”Guru
Brahma Gurur Vishnu...Guru Devo Maheshwaraha...Guru Saakshat Para
Brahma...Tasmai Sree Gurave Namaha”
This
Sanskrit shlokas mean that a true Guru could actually be symbolic of Brahma,
Vishnu and Shiva. He creates and sustains knowledge and destroys the weeds of
ignorance.
I salute such a Guru.
I salute such a Guru.
The plain and simple truth is that we cannot find our Guru; if truth be
told we do
not even begin to find the guru. Our guru finds us. If we are destined to learn
something, to some degree, in this lifetime then it is best not to worry … our
Guru will only come into our life when the time is appropriate.
Guru is a Sanskrit term for a "teacher, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or
field. Though in pan-Indian traditions, Guru is more than a teacher. We can say that he makes us aware of the process of our
spiritual growth. He may not prep us for the answers to our search but
paradoxically enough questions our judgments and egoistical presumptions
of our answers to initiate our inner journey.
With great sagacity, a guru bit by bit critiques
our acquired knowledge and more so the ego. He may wordlessly help us unlearn
the extra-baggage and wipe us clean.
You can perhaps call it ‘our zero-effect’... A clean slate.
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