You Look to me - I look to you - Baba

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You Look to me - I look to you

 

Guru is one who teaches. There are several aspects of life for which

Gurus are needed and from time to time we regard various persons as

Gurus, because we learn from them. Sadguru is one, who takes complete

charge of a devotee and steers him under all circumstances. His

association with the devotee is of an eternal nature. This is mainly

meant for releasing the shackles of maya so that the devotee obtains

self realization.

 

Persons with ego are unfortunately unable to achieve the first stage

of realization in their life time. They consider it humiliating to

ask for help. Devotees who surrender to the sadguru are instructed

and blessed.

 

" You look to me, I look to you " is a mantra, say mahamantra, for a

devotee and is the simplest method.

 

If a devotee takes one step towards Sadguru, he takes ten steps to

meet the devotee. If a child endeavours to walk, his loving father

will assist him, encourage him and feel happy when the child can walk

without support. In the same manner the Sadguru assists and

encourages the devotees step by step and the devotee thus crosses the

ocean of Maya, or " Bhavsagar "

 

Whenever a devotee thinks of Sadguru, there is a reciprocal response

and good thoughts are promoted and favourable situations are created

to accomplish noble deeds. These are innumerable instances of

devotees, who are successful in a pilgrimage, feeding the poor,

serving the sick and attending religious discourses.

 

If the devotee looks for materialistic gains, the Sadguru sometimes

grants them to instill confidence and encourage the devotee to look

for better things of life.

 

Looking to Sadguru means looking to him though all objects. `Jya Jya

thinkani mana Jaye' Tya thikani nij roop tujhe.

Mee thevito mastak Jya thikani. " Tujhe Sadguru pai donhee " This

means that whatever place my thoughts pass through, I see your image

and at whichever place I bow lay head, I find your holy feet there.

Looking to Sadguru means looking for opportunities to duplicate the

qualities of Sadguru, who produces an image of himself in a true

devotee, through the mirror of " Bhakti "

 

At the outset the condition of the mirror may such that the image is

distorted. However, Satchidanand Swarup does not change. The same

pure warer may look different when poured in different vessels and

exposed to different light effects.

 

Kabir said, " One, who is not prepared to lose his identity and merge

his identity with the Sadguru, cannot achieve ultimate aim i.e. self

realization. It is the responsibility of a devotee to keep the mirror

shining condition so that the Sadguru's true image is reflected, so

that eventually the devotee becomes and exact replica of the Sadguru.

At that moment as Sadguru Sainath declared, " There is no difference

between me and Upasani Maharaj "