GURU.............

---The Ultimate guru or Master is only God. But there are people who function under the direct guidance of God, using the power of God. So they function in His capacity, but they don't function as God.----In a sense the guru, for that is how we call the spiritual guide in the Indian tradition, is the bridge from here to the hereafter; from this human life into the eternal spiritual existence; from this mundane world to the Brighter world.----It is clear that without the help of an external force — you may call him a master, or a guru, or anything you like — the removal of the burdens of the past is impossible by our own effort.---So spiritual law says: Wait in your home, pray to the Ultimate and say, “Please, I am in this mess which I have created myself. I do not know how to get out of it. Send me somebody to help me.” That somebody comes in the shape of a Master, the guru.---It is not enough to have a Master. It is vitally necessary to internalise His presence within us, to seat him upon the throne in our hearts from where He can guide the course of our existence to its destination.---It is significant that in Sufism the Master is called “Friend”! The Guru or Master is indeed the sole friend that we have.---A guru may be capable of loving you like a mother. He must be capable of disciplining you like a father, must be capable of instructing you in spirituality, looking for your progress, guiding you to the destination.---Guru shall always remain obscure, unknown to the public. So it is duty to seek them out.---The Master is an object of possession of which a true abhyasi [practicant] can never be dispossessed. The Real Master is something other than the physical Master we perceive. This Real Being is indestructible and eternal. Once we possess Him, we can never lose Him. It is up to us to tie Him to ourselves so closely that we can never be parted from Him unto all Eternity.(for more pls visit www.srcm.org)