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The Guru and the Disciple
wants to know the reality, the Self, does not need to go there. By
performing miracles, such gurus pacify human beings. But
intellectual people will become skeptical the moment they see such
things.
How far can the guru take you?
There are two paths: the Kramic path in which a person
progresses one step at a time and the Akram path, which is the
elevator path. In the latter, you do not have to do anything. In the
Kramic path, which involves climbing steps (one has to make
penitent efforts), however many gurus you follow, those gurus
will help you climb. In this path, even the gurus make progress
and so do the disciples. By doing this continuously, they reach the
end.
It is only when the vision changes (one acquires the right
vision - samyak drashti), that it turns into a relationship of a true
guru and a true disciple. Until then everything is at a kindergarten
level. One is allowed to have moha (a lot of fondness) for the
guru, but there should be no aasakti (attraction) leading to raag
(attachment). Such attraction is very wrong. It is never acceptable!
Questioner: If one has moha for the guru, would he stop
us or not?
Dadashri: Your moha should only be to the point of, ‘He
is working for my salvation.’ Someone may say, ‘What if there is
unwavering faith in the guru?’ There is nothing wrong with that.
That is good. The guru will take you at least as far as he has
reached himself. Whomever you worship, he will take you as far
as he has reached himself.
Questioner: He will take me only as far as he has reached?
Dadashri: Yes, our scriptures say that he will take you
only as far as he has reached. The guru will help you climb as
many steps as he has climbed himself. If he has climbed ten steps