Me, My Guru – Indra and I

 

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Me, My Guru – Indra and I 

Manda fell at his Guru’s feet out of realization of his guru’s love. He led a life worthy of his Guru’s expectations and made his Guru proud in all the years to come!” so saying our Guru concluded the story.

It was time for break. She had some personal work to attend to. And we needed the ‘break’ for introspection. So many questions came up as we discussed the story among ourselves. And out of the brain storming came our understanding that we put in front of her when she came back.

“Fool is one who seeks material comforts, possessions as a boon!”

“Seek Guru’s blessings and His presence in life. Other things will follow automatically”

“Guru’s blessing is to be earned. It is earned by developing qualities of trust, respect, gratitude, truthfulness, honesty, dedication to sadhan and Guru’s words, humility, surrenderance and selflessness.

“One who is arrogant enough to use Guru as dumping ground of his lust and anger loses his status of being a student even automatically. How then can he expect to receive after that from his Guru?”

“Blessing is Guru’s grace. It is not ‘an entitlement’. One who thinks he can ‘demand’ blessing and material gains by simply calling someone Guru is a fool. ‘Guru’ is not a word. It is a not a ticket to ‘ATM’ of desires. It is us saying ‘I am working on losing my ego and let you work through me’. Until and unless this happens, nothing happens”.

“Material benefits and desires can be fulfilled by going to any place of worship. That’s why so many religious rituals are present. But, to become free from pain and suffering we need to outgrow our ignorance. And to drive away that ignorance we need a Guru”.

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also read : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=basmasura 

Points worth considering : 

Know that the basis of every relationship is mutual trust and respect. When we have affection for the person, we stand by them in times of need. We stand by them during tough times. The one who chooses people over things is ever happy in any relationship. There problem is situational not personal. And together they can face it.

The trouble starts when we LOVE things and demand and expect people in our relationship to fulfill our desires/demands. Here we are USING PEOPLE to get things of life. Here problem is not with the person. Here the problem is because of our demands from the person. This reflects selfishness in our nature. And no selfish person can be happy with anyone in life. KNOW THAT!  Heal that selfishness, overcome that. learn to be content in a relationship. Don't chase PERFECT imaginary relationships and lose out on the one in hand.