July/August 2012 [Vol 23. No. 4] - Chinmaya Mission San Jose
July/August 2012 [Vol 23. No. 4] - Chinmaya Mission San Jose
July/August 2012 [Vol 23. No. 4] - Chinmaya Mission San Jose
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What Does the Guru Do?<br />
by Parveen bahl<br />
(from Tapovan Prasad, <strong>July</strong> 2005)<br />
The Shastra openly and boldly declares, “You are that you seek”. Also it<br />
says, “The knower of Brahman is Brahman!” This being the case is it not<br />
most logical to question the need for a Guru? In effect, I have ‘to do’<br />
nothing to achieve or gain what I already have or am. Can anything be<br />
added to ‘me’? Fullness or perfection being my very nature, what is it<br />
that anyone can give me?<br />
It is true that the Guru cannot give you what you already have. In my<br />
hand I hold a string of rare and valuable pink pearls. For anyone to give<br />
me the same string of pink pearls, which I hold in my hand is logically<br />
not possible. Though no one can give me the same string of pearls, the<br />
jeweller can evaluate them and convey to me their true worth. Knowing<br />
the great value of what I have, instantly turns my mind to that which<br />
I may have thought of as worthless. The higher the value the jeweller<br />
attributes to the pearls, the greater will be my attraction to it and the<br />
more concentrated my attention. My mind is mesmerised by the value<br />
and beauty in my possession.