Within your heart cry constantly for God. When you have convinced the Lord of your desire for Him, He will send someone — your guru — to teach you how to know Him. Only he who knows God can show others how to know Him. When I found such a one, my guru Swami Sri Yukteswarji, I realized that God doesn’t teach through mystery, but through illumined souls. God is invisible, but He becomes visible through the intelligence and spiritual perception of one who is in constant communion with Him.
Delusion is destroyed by good company, by the company of saints, and by devotion to the messengers of God. Even the thought of saints will help you to remove delusion. It is not personal association so much as attunement of thought with the messenger of God that destroys delusion. The true guru has no desire to place himself in the hearts of others, but rather to awaken in their consciousness the consciousness of God. Master [Swami Sri Yukteswar] was like that: he was one with us — never any show of his greatness. If anyone in the ashram wanted recognition or a high seat of authority, Master would give him that position. But I wanted the heart of Master, the divine consciousness he had within; and as a result, he is forever here in my heart. That is the attunement you want with the great ones.
~Paramhansa Yogananda
This is a reminder –
Getting experiences is easy and common. Experience can be in the form of kriya , or light or sounds or seeing saints, clairvoyance.
They are there to give you confirmation that the path is correct
But
Unless you have a strong desire for God or salvation then you will not go anywhere. That vairagya or total dispassion for the world is needed. Once you have that the experience make your step stronger on the Way to God
Ramkrishna used to say – add the love for sex the miser who loves god and the love for mother for child together – that must together is needed to capture God attention
This is rare. But millions have had it. That love for God is infectious. If your around someone with that – you feel lighter. Happier peaceful
Many times people are more interested in displaying their progress. That is a big crime. The experiences were to help you increase your attachment to God and not worldly people. That should not be done.
What great saints and true disciples have is so much more than all the books added together.
Purity and love for Guru is a must. The power of satsang is described here
Bhavin