Finding a Genuine Guru is not an easy task. There is so much sham and hypocrisy everywhere that when you go to a so-called baba (an imposter), he will not give you the spiritual knowledge that you want to seek. Instead, he will advise you to go on a pilgrimage or read some religious text, like Hanuman Chalisa, etc. You would spend all your life following such advice with little sense of purpose.
Once Haridas, a devotee and Jayadev, the author of Geet Govind met. Haridas wanted to know from Jayadev how and where he could meet God. Jayadev replied, if he could find a Saint, it would amount to meeting God. There is no difference. Haridas asked him further, "Maharaj! It means if somebody is able to find a saint, he has found God. It i okay but even after he has found a saint, he is not free from the bondage of maya and has not received bliss. Why is it so? If one attains God, One is immediately freed from the bondage of maya and bliss is bestowed on him." Jayadev replied, "If God appears before you with his flute in His hands, it will not do you any good. Even if you are able to talk to Him, it will be of no use. It is because your intellect is under the influence of maya you can not consider God as God. Similarly, if somebody does not understand the importance of the Saint, he will gain nothing out of his meeting with him. The degree of benefit that he will get is directly proportionate to the degree of importance that he gives to the Saint.
So about the IMPORTANCE OF THE SAINT, the more you realize the more benefited you will be. If you have seen the Saint just once, this itself is a special grace on you. No amount of rituals, sacrifices, charity and penance can get you the association of a Saint. It may be possible for one to see God, but it i not so with the Saint as he is greater than God.
If somebody says that he spent some money and could see a Saint, he is under wrong impression. Any amount of money, howsoever big will not work. If the Saint has talked to him for a minute in a day and looked at him with affection just once, it is enough. If a person happens to meet the Prime Minister and shake his hand and that moment is captured in a photograph how proudly that person goes about declaring boastfully that he often meets the Prime Minister. Now think, if a person can understand how important and valuable is the association with a Saint, his love and affection, his touch, etc. he will have nothing else to do to attain his goal. To reflect upon that rare achievement is enough for God realization endlessly..
Are man! sun guru-tatva-vichara.
O mind! Listen about the importance of the Sadguru. The Guru is one who can dispel the darkness of ignorance. Though, according to the Vedas and other scriptures, God and the Guru are one and the same. If either of Them can bestow grace on you, you will get the nectar of love. Yet the secret is that it is impossible to attain God without the grace of the Guru. Whereas Shri Kripalu ji says that it is absolutely possible to receive the nectar of the bliss of love and grace of the Guru and divine love bliss even without worshiping God. Many many solutions to such a Sadguru..
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