We seek the wrong person

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Spirituality is quite rampant. True spirituality is non existent. The seekers are usually conned. Many times they are conned by their own faults and a little external help

We have human and fake values. We believe we seek a Guru. And in our own very limited intelligence, we believe a Guru has to be very famous. After all it is a success story.

A true Guru does not seek anything. Especially he wishes not to be known at all. He is eager to help. But he only wants someone who is truly interested in going within. Someone who seeks a famous teacher is in essence not seeking a true Guru but seeking someone with fame. They want to idol worship, hero worship first.

This establishes the first wrong step. The second wrong step, is they try to fit the Guru into a self imagined box and configure the Guru to match what they think a Guru should be. This is mistake number 2.

There is an interesting story where a man came from Saudi seeking Kabir. He had heard Kabir was perfected. Kabir was perfected. When he intuitively knew the man was coming, he called a few of his disciples and told them to tie pigs in front of his house. Now in Islam pigs are considered inauspicious. Now the seeker from Saudi was confused. Should he go in, and meet Kabir? A man he had rumors to be perfected but has a forbidden animal at the front of his house? The man was earnest in knowing God and the truth and met Kabir. This was his test. Kabir then gave him a very high experience of Savikalpa Samadhi.

A Guru does not conform to our expectations. The higher the Guru, more likely is he to have some eccentric behaviour, a major turn off. He may display it publicly…and you will think in your mind, I know there is brahma gyan, but most certainly this man does not have it ! The gyani, the true Guru laughs

You might argue, then what about Vivekananda or Yogananda. They were quite famous. But they were forced to be famous, against their wishes. Their Guru told them, until you finish this work the highest door will remain sealed. Yogananda was sent by Yukteshwar and Babaji. Vivekananda by Ramkrishna Paramhansa.

The other day, I met someone who asked me if I had experienced Nirvana. Now this of course is an impossible question to answer. A fake can say yes. And an experienced person wont go about announcing it. He hids it. The truth is, is there a limit within infinity? Of course not. What more can I say? I belong no where.

Now on the other hand, Vivekanda asked his Guru, Ramkrishna Paramhansa. He did not ask if you experienced Nirvana. He asked Ramkrishna have you seen God. Ramkrishna said yes. His next question was, Can you show me God. Ramkrishna said, of course, I can. He then kicked Vivekananda – and took him into Samadhi.

This is the power of a Guru and this is the quality of a true disciple. Find such a Guru and learn to be an ideal disciple! Thats all!