Anandashram Kanhangad - Satsang 7th July 2021
Channel: Anandashram Kanhangad
Date: 2021-07-07

Swami Yatishwarananda---Following the ideal is more important than personal service to the Guru. In order to avoid self-deception, one must meditate on the Infinite Reality




Om Sri Ram jai Ram jai jai Ram


Swami Yathishwarananda--- "You must follow the teachings of the Guru with great faith. But you should not get attached to the Guru emotionally and cling to his outer form. A true teacher wants the disciple to love God more . God's message comes also from Guru. So God is called the Guru of Gurus. The real Guru reveals to us the Truth within us. So we must not expect much from the outer Guru. We must be in tune with the inner Guru..Both the teacher and the pupil must be as impersonal as possible. One should think of the other not as a person but as the Principle and think also of oneself as such...The problem with the disciples is that they consider themselves as a person and consider the Guru to be another person...This spiritual materialism must be transcended... Following the ideal is more important than personal service to the Guru."


In nutshell attachment to the person of the Guru makes us forget about the Guru within ....



There is guidance for the Guru too . He is also a sadhaka, an advanced sadhaka...


We are not drawn to the physical personality. We are drawn to the ideal. 


Mataji did not give a big lecture...When we came with the Jain who never goes to any ashram, he was touched by Mataji's ways. She did not give any talk. Her calmness, peace etc....The serenity, the peace in us was kindled by her serenity and peace


Connect to the Ideal ..


After meeting the saint, there is disconnect. The values touched and kindled in us by the saint fade away from us after we leave the saint


We are not belittling the value of the outer form ...That which is kindled in us must be retained ...That is called balancing...


Om Sri Ram jai Ram jai jai Ram