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The dispeller of
darkness
MOST of us wish to walk on the spiritual path. We somehow
imagine or conjure up wrong notions about what spirituality is.
We think that spirituality means living in seclusion in a Himalayan
cave or roaming through the length and breadth of a land. We are
blissfully ignorant that no spiritual knowledge can be attained unless
and until we surrender our ego at the lotus feet of a guru, who alone
can lift us from the quagmire of our materialistic environment onto
the spiritual path.
The word guru means dispeller of darkness. We are submerged in
a tunnel of ignorance and darkness and only a guru can pull us out.
The guru is God. A word from him is a word from God. He need
not teach anything. Even his presence is elevating, inspiring, and
stirring. Just his company provides self-illumination. Living in his
company is spiritual education.
Our holy scriptures are flooded with examples of the guru-chela
relationship. Our Gods whom we worship today had at some time or
the other sought the assistance of a guru when they adopted a mortal
form. Lord Krishna sat at the feet of his Guru Sandeepani. Lord Rama
had Guru Vasishtha who gave him upadesa (spiritual counsel). Lord
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