𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟏 𝐢𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐫𝐮 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚. 𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐮𝐫𝐮 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚!
𝗧𝗵𝗲 '𝙂𝙪𝙧𝙪' 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀
In today's article, Sadhguru answers whether meeting one’s Guru means that one has escaped the cycle of rebirth.
𝗜𝗳 𝗜 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗚𝘂𝗿𝘂, 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲?
𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: If someone has come in touch with you, does that mean it is their last life?
𝙎𝙖𝙙𝙝𝙜𝙪𝙧𝙪: Someone asked me a while ago, “Are only brahmacharis your disciples?” Yes, only they are my disciples. When I say brahmacharis, it is not necessarily only people who got an official initiation. Whether they went through a formal process or not is not the point. In some way, they are on the path. Only brahmacharis are my disciples. If they are not brahmacharis, they are not my disciples anyway. If their interest is something else, where is the question of disciple-hood? They cannot be anyone’s disciple. Being a disciple is not about someone. You are not this person’s disciple or that person’s disciple. If you are a disciple, you are a disciple, that’s all. If you are a devotee, you are a devotee. There is no question of you being a devotee of this God or that God – that is just foolishness. You are a devotee and that’s all. It is a quality.
𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀
There are many who set their eyes upon me but did not take me as their Guru. They may be hanging around here next time around. I may not be here, but they will hang around here because they smelt it, now they want to eat it. “Guru” means “dispeller of darkness.” “Gu” means darkness, “Ru” means dispeller. When you say you have a Guru, your darkness is dispelled. Then why would you be here again? Your darkness is dispelled not because you become light. Your darkness is dispelled because you became nothing, you became darkness yourself, so there is no need to dispel anything. If you stay away from it, darkness is a terrible thing. If you become it, darkness is a boundless thing.
Darkness is a terrible thing because you are here as a little piece of something. If you become darkness, it is a boundless thing. If I bless you, “May you become boundless,” you feel great. If I bless you, “May you become darkness,” you think this is a curse. It is not. Darkness is boundless, boundlessness is darkness.
Dispeller of darkness does not mean that he will put a light bulb into you. Scholars and teachers tried to put a light bulb into you so that you can see something. A Guru is not trying to put a light bulb into you. He is seeing how to obliterate you. If you found a Guru, that means your darkness is obliterated because you become a part of it. There is no darkness for you; there is only boundlessness for you.
𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗦𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗳 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿
If you have met your Guru, there is no question of being here again. But if you did not really meet him as a Guru, if you just liked the “smell” but did not dare to step into him, that’s another matter. When you like the smell of roses, wherever the rose is, you go. But do not go on sniffing forever. It is time to step into it and burn because if you do not, you are not using it for the purpose that it is.
If you have an airplane capable of flight but decide to drive it around like a bus, is it wrong? I would not say it is wrong, but it is terrible. To drive an airplane like a car is a terrible and stupid thing to do. Is it wrong to be terrible and stupid? No. Terrible and stupid is bad enough, it need not be wrong. What could take you to a great height, if you use it in a mediocre way, it is just foolish and terrible.
This is not a relationship that endures. If you make this relationship, everything ends. When everything ends, when all things end, a dimension which is not a thing will happen. It is that which this being is longing for, when it is seeking expansion. It is a natural goal. It is just that there is too much diversion on the way.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 '𝙂𝙪𝙧𝙪' 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀
In today's article, Sadhguru answers whether meeting one’s Guru means that one has escaped the cycle of rebirth.
𝗜𝗳 𝗜 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗚𝘂𝗿𝘂, 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲?
𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: If someone has come in touch with you, does that mean it is their last life?
𝙎𝙖𝙙𝙝𝙜𝙪𝙧𝙪: Someone asked me a while ago, “Are only brahmacharis your disciples?” Yes, only they are my disciples. When I say brahmacharis, it is not necessarily only people who got an official initiation. Whether they went through a formal process or not is not the point. In some way, they are on the path. Only brahmacharis are my disciples. If they are not brahmacharis, they are not my disciples anyway. If their interest is something else, where is the question of disciple-hood? They cannot be anyone’s disciple. Being a disciple is not about someone. You are not this person’s disciple or that person’s disciple. If you are a disciple, you are a disciple, that’s all. If you are a devotee, you are a devotee. There is no question of you being a devotee of this God or that God – that is just foolishness. You are a devotee and that’s all. It is a quality.
𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀
There are many who set their eyes upon me but did not take me as their Guru. They may be hanging around here next time around. I may not be here, but they will hang around here because they smelt it, now they want to eat it. “Guru” means “dispeller of darkness.” “Gu” means darkness, “Ru” means dispeller. When you say you have a Guru, your darkness is dispelled. Then why would you be here again? Your darkness is dispelled not because you become light. Your darkness is dispelled because you became nothing, you became darkness yourself, so there is no need to dispel anything. If you stay away from it, darkness is a terrible thing. If you become it, darkness is a boundless thing.
Darkness is a terrible thing because you are here as a little piece of something. If you become darkness, it is a boundless thing. If I bless you, “May you become boundless,” you feel great. If I bless you, “May you become darkness,” you think this is a curse. It is not. Darkness is boundless, boundlessness is darkness.
Dispeller of darkness does not mean that he will put a light bulb into you. Scholars and teachers tried to put a light bulb into you so that you can see something. A Guru is not trying to put a light bulb into you. He is seeing how to obliterate you. If you found a Guru, that means your darkness is obliterated because you become a part of it. There is no darkness for you; there is only boundlessness for you.
𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗦𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗳 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿
If you have met your Guru, there is no question of being here again. But if you did not really meet him as a Guru, if you just liked the “smell” but did not dare to step into him, that’s another matter. When you like the smell of roses, wherever the rose is, you go. But do not go on sniffing forever. It is time to step into it and burn because if you do not, you are not using it for the purpose that it is.
If you have an airplane capable of flight but decide to drive it around like a bus, is it wrong? I would not say it is wrong, but it is terrible. To drive an airplane like a car is a terrible and stupid thing to do. Is it wrong to be terrible and stupid? No. Terrible and stupid is bad enough, it need not be wrong. What could take you to a great height, if you use it in a mediocre way, it is just foolish and terrible.
This is not a relationship that endures. If you make this relationship, everything ends. When everything ends, when all things end, a dimension which is not a thing will happen. It is that which this being is longing for, when it is seeking expansion. It is a natural goal. It is just that there is too much diversion on the way.