Monday, July 22, 2013

Life is full of Gurus...

Life is full of Gurus...

There are Child gurus
There Childish gurus


There are Innocent gurus
There are Crocked gurus


There are Talking gurus
There are Silient gurus


There are Serious gurus
There are Humours gurus


There are Smiling gurus
There are Laughing gurus


There are Lazy gurus
There are Enthusiatic gurus


There are Thin gurus
There are Fat gurus


There are Short gurus
There are Tall gurus

There are Helping gurus
There are Sulking


There are Guiding gurus
There are Mis-Guiding gurus

There are Compassionate gurus
There are Dispassionate gurus


There are Bearded gurus
There are Non-Bearded gurus


There are Visible gurus
There are Invisible gurus


There are He gurus
There are She gurus


There are Self Proclaimed gurus
There are No Claimed gurus


But, these all are just the flavour of our ONE Guru :)

Thank you for the support, learnings, caring, sharing, fun and more ... over all these years, Happy Guru Poornima :)

 

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Guru Poornima


Guru Poornima is called the day of the Master but it is actually the day of the Devotee. Guru Poornima is New Year for spiritual seeker. There are three types of people who come to the Master, the student, the disciple and the devotee.

Student goes to a teacher and learns something, gets some information and then he walks out of the School. The student is one, who collects information, but the information is not knowledge, it is not wisdom, is it not so?

Disciple follows the example of the Master. But a disciple is with the Master for the sake of learning wisdom, for the sake of improving his life, for the sake of attaining enlightenment.

Devotee is not there even for wisdom. He is simply rejoicing in love. He has fallen in deep love with the Master, with the Infinity, with the God. He doesn’t care as to whether he gets enlightened or not. He doesn’t care as to whether he acquires a lot of knowledge or wisdom or not. But that very moment, and every moment, he is immersed in divine love that is enough for him or her. A devotee is very rare to find.

Students are in abundance, disciples are a few, but the devotees are rare.

Like fatherhood and motherhood, there is Guru-hood. We all have to play Guru-hood at least to somebody. We do play! Consciously or unconsciously you are all Guru to somebody. You keep giving advices and guiding people, giving them loving care! You all do this, but do it 100%, without expecting anything in return: that is living the Guru principle. There is no difference between the divine, the Self and the Guru. They are all one. Meditation is relaxing and reposing. Think of all the things to be grateful for and ask what you want for the future and bless everyone. We receive so many blessings and we should also bless all those who are in need.


H.H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji