How to Recognise a Satguru
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How to Recognise a Satguru
There is a difference between a
Guru and a Satguru – the difference being that of a teacher and of a Supreme
Master respectively. A guru could be anyone – your parents at first, then your
teachers, your friends, in fact anyone who teaches you something or the other
could be said to be your guru, and you too could be a guru to others. A Satguru
is a Master who comes enters a person’s life only when the spiritual seekers
urge arises in the individual. For some the urge may be suppressed, but the
time may be ripe, even then the Satguru knows that this soul’s time has come
and he enters his/her life. Once this happens, life changes, it gets
transformed – you become kind of born again.
Your parents give birth to your
physical body and the Satguru gives birth to your soul – he awakens your soul
and gives you the spiritual experience of the awakening of your soul. In the
past, when the Guru-disciple tradition was alive, at that time the disciple’s
entire past would be burnt on a funeral pyre; meaning, the disciple who was
entering the ashram for initiation had to get rid of all his clothes and
belongings, he would lie down asleep as if dead, and the belongings would be
burnt – indicating a complete cut off from the past. He would then get up,
bathe, and then the Satguru would give him a name to suit his soul’s quality –
this soul was now a new person – born again, with absolutely no connection with
the past!
We are taught to question
everything today because there are so many duplicates and scams which do the
rounds – the duplicates look as good as the original till they are exposed. We
cannot know the value of anything unless we experience it. A true seeker always
questions and tests the validity of anything said by a Guru or Satguru for himself.
A person who just follows blindly is not a true seeker, because being blind in
spirituality is more dangerous than being physically blind – the harm caused by
blind faith could be tremendous. There are many cases where people have
undergone great psychological trauma for having false beliefs.
Personal experience is the best
experience. So, when I ask you to tell me one way to know whether the person
who has entered your life is your Satguru or Master, what will be the answer?
My personal experience is that when you are in the presence of a true Master, a
Satguru who has attained the state of liberation or void, you do not get any
thoughts at all. Your mind becomes blank and you feel a sense of calm, peace
and profound love. You don’t feel like saying anything as the peace and sense
of void of the Satguru envelopes you.
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