Guru poornima

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So, at the price of being repetitive “It’s better to be without a Guru than have a ‘wrong’ person as your Guru". Wait till you are totally sure about the person before making him your Guru.

You can’t serve both the ‘mammoth’ and the ‘mahout’. So, by your decision to take a ‘wrong’ person you automatically stop being student of the Guru with the ‘good’ intentions. So, be very slow in selecting a Guru and much slower in changing to someone else. You may with one step lose the ‘right’ Guru for all ‘wrong’ reasons just like that. And then you also get angry at the ‘right’ Guru for forsaking you.

Even Gurus (the right ones) are bound by some ‘Divine Universal Law’. If you go to a person who believes in manipulating to fulfill his desire, how can you still follow a person who talks about ‘Dharma’, sacrifice, love and forgiveness? No, unfortunately in kaligyuga, the wrong ones are so experts in using and quoting scriptures so well and aptly that people can hardly see through their actions and words at their intent. But what happens to such Gurus happens. But student is not let loose, pleading ignorance.

So, I repeat “beware and take care while calling someone as your Guru”.

In some cases, the ‘right’ Guru is also misunderstood or maligned by his ignorant students. Don’t do that too!

In the case of one Guru, he remained unmarried as he wanted to walk the path of spirituality. But as he crossed his 50’s he found none of his students even 10% to his expectation level, I mean with regards to learning. He was totally disheartened and was worried that his knowledge would end with him and so decided to get married and raise children with his principles and knowledge.

Most of his students left him calling him names. It was so stupid. They married, raised children and then it was right. When their Guru did the same, he became ‘bad’. That only shows their narrow-mindedness. That reflects their character. And their act of ‘Guru-ninda’ brought lots of trouble in their life, but stupid and blind as they were they couldn’t relate and seek his forgiveness. The loss was entirely ‘theirs’.

If for some reason, real or personal, you want to disown your Guru, you are free to do it – by all means. Just don’t talk ill of him. That’s all! Otherwise everyone is allowed to part way with ‘wrong’ Guru when you realize your mistake.

Just ‘don’t bad-mouth’ your previous or wrong Guru.

Are two reiki-masters same? Can I go from one to other?

I’ve found doctors who’ve prescribed antibiotics and costly medicines not curing what one doctor cures with a simple crocin or a multi-vitamin tablet. No, two doctors are same. Their degree is same. No questions asked there. But no two doctors are same.

Like-wise no two yoga masters are same. Similarly, no two reiki masters are same. And especially in reiki, you automatically stop being student of first master if you go to the second master. That’s the rule. So think before you act. Know who you are leaving for whom. Are you trading right?

If for any reason you want to change your master (be it any stream) then take the permission of your master first and then make the change. Like wise, it is the duty of the Reiki or any master for that matter to ask the student to seek the permission of his previous master before taking him as his. This can avoid any ill feeling that can arise at a later stage.

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