How to find your GURU

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Krishna says in the Gita - " Uddharedaatmanaatmaanam naatmaanamvasaadayetAatmaiva hyaatmano bandhuraatmaiva ripuraatamanah " (Gita 6:5)

" Man must raise himself by his own effort. He must not degrade himself;

for the Self is his own friend and the Self is also his own enemy. " Man

alone is responsible for his own spiritual rise or downfall. No one

else is. God has bestowed this human body, and with it, he has given

all the necessary tools to attain

salvation. Therefore, one does not need anyone else for one's salvation.Guru

(spiritual guide), Saints and God, uplift the soul only after man

himself has trust and faith in them. Only after man accepts them (Guru,

Saints, God), only after man comes to them, and only after man follows

their directions. If man does not accept them, then how are they to do

anything for man's salvation? They simply cannot do anything. If you do

not become a student, then what can a teacher do for you? Just like

some other person can come and drop off a meal at your home, but the

hunger must come from within. If there is no hunger within, than what

use is there of delicious food preparations that are placed in front of you?Guru,

Saint and God are never non-existent. There have been many great

Saints, Teachers, Gurus and Avatars (God's manifestations on Earth),

but so far we have not attained salvation! It becomes clear from this,

that we have not accepted them. Thus, in our rise or downfall, we alone

are responsible. Those who believe that some one else is responsible

for their rise or degradation they will never be elevated spiritually.

They can never be benefited with this belief.

In reality, man himself is his own Guru - " Aatmano Gururaatmaiyva

Purushasya Vishehataha. " (Srimadbhag 11:7:20). Therefore discourses are

for your own self. Knowing this, see faults in your own self and seek

to remove them, instead of seeing faults in others.

Jai Shri Krishna