True Guru

"The true guru will never humiliate you, nor will he estrange you from yourself. He will constantly bring you back to the fact of your inherent perfection and encourage you to seek within. He knows you need nothing, not even him, and is never tired of reminding you. But the self-appointed guru is more concerned with himself than with his disciples" (Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897-1981), I Am That,Dialogue 83, Dec. 18, 1971).

Many babas or fake teachers are powerful vampires with siddhis, feeding off the life-force of those around them, manipulating thoughts/kundalini through subjugation. This is pure deception; an act of being taken prisoner and not knowing it. There is a story about "An Astrologer who Fell into a Well" that is, a fable based on a Greek anecdote concerning the pre-Socratic philosopher Thales of Miletus. Actually, the story of Thales falling into a well while gazing at the stars was originally recorded in Plato's Theaetetus. The point is: How can you understand the world without knowing yourself first? Self-deception is easy and as alluring as the stars above us are, if you are only looking up you might miss that hole below you. Obstacles help clarify the path. As Dilgo Khyentse advised us: "When the world is filled with evils, place all setbacks on the path of liberation.



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