But remember that even though I keep saying that I am the one who is saying all this, it is an illusion. If you want to have some coconut, first you have to remove the husk, then break through the hard shell to find the coconut. This illusion of self has been with us for a long time, so it is hard to break. But we all have to try very hard to do this. When the ego is removed, then in its place we will have devotion.
Devotion means complete love.
This devotion is what we are looking for. Guru is the one who removes the darkness of ignorance and the dirt of illusion that we have accumulated over the years. But following the path of a Guru is very hard. It takes absolute faith. If one believes with absolute faith that a piece of wood is the Guru then it will certainly become the Guru.