14
The Guru and the Disciple
someone a guru, just based on my own experience alone. You
should keep your prior opinions to yourself. You should not tell
people this. You cannot give instructions to others about what
they should and should not do. This is because the whole world
cannot do without a guru. Did you ever need to ask someone for
a solution?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: There has not been a single man in this world
who has truly been averse to the idea of a guru. No person should
say, ‘I do not need a guru.’ Such a statement is a contradiction. If
someone should say such a thing, know that it is simply a viewpoint
and he is attached to his viewpoint.
So all you need to understand is that you need a guru in this
world. There is no need to have any repulsion towards the guru.
The very word guru has scared people nowadays! Now what
does the main element, the Self, have to do with it?
You need a guru until the very end
The one who says, ‘A guru is not needed,’ is merely
expressing his viewpoint and nothing else. Certain experiences
are such that after a lot of wandering between many gurus; and in
doing this over and over again, he gradually started getting answers
from within and thus he feels in his mind that having a guru is a
useless load.
Questioner: The one who says, “Guru is not needed,” has
reached a certain stage where the guru is no longer needed. Then
everything is dependent upon himself.
Dadashri: Even Kabir has said,
“Kabir hud ka guru hai, behud ka guru nahi!”
“Kabir is a guru as far as the boundary reaches; he is not the
ultimate boundless guru.”