On the need for Guru.

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The reason you need a Guru to achieve moksham is because moksham is equivalent

to realization of the Self. The Self is Guru. Therefore, without Guru, there is

no Self. The Self is already realized, only the recognition is absent. It is the

Guru who allows the ego to recognize, and this is known as Grace.

 

The physical form is not Guru, it is the Guru who is the witness... the saakshi

of the atma. It is the Guru who recognizes the Self as the Self. There is no

separate "you" apart from Guru who can recognize the Self, because only the Self

can recognize the Self. The Self is higher than the mind, so without Guru, the

mind cannot recognize the Self.

 

Thus, without knowing who Guru is, recognition of the Self is not possible. This

is the real meaning.