Guru is important in religion and yoga, not in pursuit of truth. The Guru is useless so long as the ultimate truth is unknown, and the Guru is equally useless when the ultimate truth or Brahman has already been known.
A guru is needed in the religious and yogic path. the Atmic path is the path of wisdom. The Atmic path is nothing to do with religion and yoga.
The seeker has to have the courage to accept the truth and reject the untruth because most people will not be able to subscribe to the path of truth because, they are sentimentally and emotionally involved with their inherited belief system, and even if one does he has to overcome all his doubts, confusion, and despair. These are problems for the seekers who are from a religious background because of their conditioning and they are made to accept their blind belief as truth and their interest or insight is not deep.
Thus, all my blogs are useful in analyzing these problems because they highlight what is not the truth according to their own religious scriptures and make them accept the truth and reject all the false conditioning and move ahead in the pursuit of truth.
Religious and yogic paths are not the Gnanic path or Atmic path. Never mix religious and yogic ideas in the Atmic path.
Guru, disciple concept is meant for the religious and yogic path. In the Atmic path, the Guru and disciple concept have no value.
A person who realized the ultimate truth or Brahman will throw off his religious robe and all religious identity and live like a commoner. He never identifies himself as Gnani nor does he identify himself as superior to others. He only shares his knowledge with his fellow seekers.
Remember:~
Sage Sankara: ~ "Though I wear these robes of a Sanyasin, it is only for the sake of bread." (Select Works of Sage Sankara" also his commentary on Brihad)
Thus, the above passage proves that all those who were the sanyasin robes are wearing them for the sake of bread belong to the religion; they are nothing to do with Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. There is no need to criticize and condemn the Gurus, yogis, and swamis because they are needed for the welfare of the ignorant masses in the dualistic world.
Sage Sankara says the transparent Truth of the Self, which is hidden by the illusion, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, (Gnani)
~ Then why stick to a Guru who is not a Gnani.
That is why Swami Vivekananda said: ~ “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, and none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher, but your own Soul.”
Do not search for Guru in the world in which you exist.
God in truth is the Soul, the Self.
God in truth is the inner Guru. God in truth is the Soul, the Self. Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.
As the truth of the ‘Self’ is hidden by the ‘I’ it requires its extraction, competent instruction, excavation, and the removal of ignorance.
People refuse to accept anything other than their Guru's words. For them, their Guru's words are the ultimate truth. They do not accept anything else other than their accepted truth. There is no need to convince such a mindset. Such a mindset is not fit to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
The seekers of truth accept only the truth nothing but the uncontradictable truth. The transparent truth of the Self is hidden by the ‘I’, which is the dualistic illusion.
The transparent Truth of the 'Self' is to be attained through constantly reading, reasoning, and reflecting on the Advaitic words of wisdom followed by reflection, meditation, and so forth, but not through perverted discussion and arguments.
All the penances are external because they are based on individuality. Investigating the mind, alone leads to Self-realization.
To know what is the mind profits much rather than searching for the truth in the external world moving from one ashram to another and one Guru to another and one mountain to another.
When one starts investigating the universe that confronts him will mentally move inwards and will reach the ultimate end and become fully aware of “What is the truth?” and “What is untruth?” in his own home or city and establish in truth by realizing what is the untruth.
Nothing is real but the Soul. Nothing Matters but love for the Soul. the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness is everywhere and pervades everything in the domain of form, time, and space.
The Soul is hidden within the form, time, and space and it is beyond the form, time, and space. the Soul alone is and the form, time and space are merely an illusion. :~Santthosh Kumaar
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