Me, My Guru – Indra and I

 

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Me, My Guru – Indra and I 

“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”.

“So it is indeed advisable to seek a Guru who would drive our ego and thereby our ignorance from us from all Gods and through every mode of prayer”.

“Once Guru enters your life, he aids in removing your ignorance. He works on ego too! And in the process, he lets abundance of every kind enter your life”. 

“Guru is not a key to material benefits or comforts. He is not an ATM card to swipe against any of your desires”.

“But with Guru’s proximity in your life your every want and need is served to you on a platter. That is out of His Grace! That is not your right! You can’t demand it!”

Today we understood more than we could digest. Today, we understood more than we had over the years. Our Guru was right. One story, one moment was enough to understand and see the facts. One moment was all it took to understand how we had been wrong all these years. One story was all it took to see where our mistakes were! And it was then we understood how we have wronged against her over the years!

If only one moment was enough to wipe out all our sins!

If only one moment was enough to ingest all our understanding into our psyche and life!

And yet, this was no mean blessing.

We were richer with knowledge. We were richer than we expected to at the start of the story.

We lingered at her place longer than required today. The joy that we experienced because of this understanding made us feel so happy to be around her.

She had other works to attend to. But still, we were selfish as ever to ONLY want what we wanted!

Even this time we didn’t think about her needs, wants, comforts, privacy or issues!

Maybe, someday, some other story would do that trick. But for now, we lived for our joy ONLY!

Concluded...

# right and wrong, dharma, freedom, purpose of life, challenges of life, body spirit balance, ignorance, illusion, maya, Guru, role of Guru, boon, curse, desires, karma, ego, blessing, material benefits vs real wealth, abundance, 

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

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