Therefore, no one can have two Gurus , because there cannot be two wholenesses conceivable at the same time. The question of having more than one Guru arises on account of a partial understanding of this subtle requisition called discipleship. When the Deity of religion, or the Guru of the disciple, becomes an external object, fanaticism and dogma may replace the otherwise lofty ideal of the Deity being a total whole , not an object , which feature also should explain the relation between the Preceptor and the disciple. Religion Is an Experience Inasmuch as religion requires the whole of man, it is difficult to live a life of true religion. No one would easily be prepared to rouse into activity every part of one s personality, all at once.
Man remains a partial individual.
Religion is failing and crumbling, and we hear the complaint that it is today on the verge of destruction. Man is not prepared to live a religious life because it requires a sacrifice on his part, which is not to the liking of the ego and the sense-cravings. It is a dedication of self. Religion is not exhausted in an offering of some object to a conceptual God. It is not a ritual that one performs in a social sense.