Dear Friends
In previous posts many aspects of Guru-Bhakti were discussed.
Actually,
logic can be used for or against anything .
So, the need of a Guru in one’s life for spiritual
guidance can be discarded very easily using one’s logic and taking some
examples from the history of mankind. But from a window of logic opening
towards the very same history we can see that without Guru nothing can be
achieved.
In the world of Sufis there is a saying that Satan
leads the man who has no Guru. And Satan leads a man towards….
In Hindu Puranas also there is a tale about sage
Narad’s agony when he had not accepted anyone as his Guru.
Who is a Guru?
Is his existence inevitable to have some physical
form? No, it is not so.
Actually Guru is a point of existence, undoubtedly
can be a person also, where you can bow and surrender your ego.
Acharya Drona rejected Eklavya to accept him as his
disciple but Eklavya wanted to get educated only from Drona.
What did he do?
He made an idol of Dronacharya and practiced in
front of it. And the history tells and all of the world knows that he outshined
Arjuna the favourite disciple of Guru
Drona.
Who was he who taught Eklavya? Obviously it was not
Drona himself. It was Eklavya’s own intellect and the power of Super Nature,
but Eklvaya just surrendered his ego to the idol of Acharya and the miracle
happened.
A poet and staunch preacher of Islamic philosophy Dr. Iqbal, it is said, had
accepted Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi as his guide and Murshid who existed centuries
ago.
No one knows who was his Guru, someone in physical
form, but Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji himself primarily emphasized the need of a Guru
to attain the Ultimate Truth. In Japji Sahib the mool-mantra of Sikhism
describing the attributes of the Almighty tells that it can be attained only by
the mercy of Guru… ‘Gurprasaad!’
With him started a tradition of Gurus that survived
upto Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji and ultimately the 10th Nanak
established Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji the Guru of the Sikhs for coming times.
Kabir, a weaver from Varanasi, wanted to get
initiated from Swami Ramananda. But Swami Ramananda hesitated to initiate
Kabir-the weaver. Kabir worked on a scheme and got the pious Guru-mantra from Swami
Ramananda himself.
Swami Ramananda did not initiate Kabir, but Kabir
was initiated by Swami Ramananda. It was not Swami’s initiation that worked for
Kabir but it was Kabir’s devotion and trust towards his Guru that made him
enlightened Saint Kabir from a simple weaver.
So many tales can be told showing the importance of
Guru in the field of spirituality.
But a man of modern age is scared of these Gurus who
reside in air-conditioned Ashrams, travel in luxurious cars and have a passion
for sweet Secretaries. They have crores and crores of rupees in their chambers
and accounts.
One, Mr. Ram Dev Baba a yoga-trainer practiced
Kapaalhaati( an advanced exercise of breath) and taught it to the people who
came to his yoga camps giving them a
belief that it would make their Kundalini arise(as if he himself has reached to
the point).
I don’t know whether the Kapaalbhaati uplifted his
Kundlini or not but it made his lust for power and his political ambitions
sky-rocketing undoubtedly.
Then, what a normal and lay man should do?
My humble suggestion: If one wants uplift in the
field of spirituality one must go to one’s mother. Go to her, bow to her and
ask for a Guru-mantra and it is guaranteed whatsoever she tells you will be your
Guru-mantra that will open the doors of bliss for you.
Friends, there is no need to wander here and there
in search of Gurus.
This age is not of spiritual Gurus. It is the age of
media and their brain-children.
They are everywhere, on every TV channel, in every
street.
So please put you head on the holy feet of your
mother. Accept her as your Guru and you will see the change in your life.
No so called enlightened Bapus, no Scriptures, no
swamis and no ritual can unconditionally bless you.
Rather, I should say that it is only one’s mother
who can bless one.
Every mother is a Guru of her child. She is capable of
showing him/her the right path. Even higher realms of Spirituality are revealed
to you with her blessings. What is ultimate feeling of enlightenment. It is as
if you are in the lap of your mother, a state of bliss.
When I am writing this blog, I can see from my window that Full moon of Aashaadh is
shining with its glow but black clouds are also there. Perhaps it is the beauty
of this moon.
People in India celebrate this day as Guru-Poornima.
It is called Vyasa-Poornima also as on this day Sage Vyasa’s birth took place.
With love and best wishes of Guru-Poornima to all of
my friends.
JAI GURUDEV!
VINOD SHORI
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