Separation from the Guru

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>If you call yourself a disciple of any person, the only real gift they

can

>give you is to send you away. A longing will begin that after awhile

will

>force you to return, and you fall at the master's feet with great

humility.

>Again you are told, "Go away". Over and over you come and you go and

the

>longing increases until it is unbearable. Finally something happens

that you

>did not expect. A door opens inside you that you didn't know existed,

but

>which the master saw all along. It is the longing that creates the

opening,

>not the satisfaction of finding another person who seems to have

satisfied

>their longing for God. It will never be satisfied within you until you

>realize that God, or the Master, have never left your side, no matter

where

>you wandered off to.

 

From the Dead Sea Scrolls

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