Query:
Who
is your Guru: how to find the guru?
Vijay
Kumar:
Your Guru:
Yes, that was the exact question I had asked God Almighty when I was 13 years
of age. In my life I could never find a Guru who was self realized and who truly
had seen God.
Whether
I went to Haridwar or Rishikesh the situation remained the same. On every trip
I accompanied my father I used to search for a Guru who was nowhere in sight.
Ultimately, I completely resigned hoping that I would never get a chance to see
God face-to-face.
One-day while I lay on a cot... a thought passed my mind. I asked of God whether
he was willing to be my guide in life and to my astonishment his answer was yes!
I exactly remember the dialogue I had with God. I asked of him why he had not
hinted to me before, that he was willing to become my guide... my spiritual guru
for all matters that are!
Pat
came the reply... you never asked me! This makes one thing clear that God Almighty
never interferes in the creation of his. It was my ignorance that I completely
forgot to ask god Almighty for the same earlier.
And how did such a situation come to pass! Deeply engrossed in the thoughts of
not finding a Guru... the image of Eklavya flashed my mind. I could not understand
the meaning of the same. I pondered over the image of Eklavya throughout that
day and the following day. Somewhere after 72 hours did I realize that Eklavya
had no guru in his times!
Why?
For guru Dronacharya had refused to accept him as a shishya pupil for he belonged
to a lower caste. Eklavya desired of Guru Dronacharya to teach him the art of
archery. When it finally dawned on Eklavya that come whatever may guru Dronacharya
would never accept him as his pupil ... he made a clay mould of Guru Dronacharya
and practiced archery.
With passage of time Eklavya mastered the art of archery for there was none even
comparable to him. His accomplishments of archery far exceeded the best pupil
of Guru Dronacharya... king Arjuna. One-day guru Dronacharya came across a very
unfamiliar sight. He observed that someone had filled the mouth of a dog with
arrows with such precision that the dog was not least harmed. According to him
only guru Dronacharya was competent for such a feat.
He
was filled with awe as he realized that such an art had not even been taught to
king Arjuna by him. He called for the incumbent. Eklavya was brought on the scene
and realizing that Eklavyas art of archery far exceeded his best pupil... guru
Dronacharya was internally filled with rage. There and then he asked of Eklavya
how he had performed this feat.
Eklavya explain the circumstances and described the whole episode of making a
clay mould of guru Dronacharya and practicing archery swearing by his name. It
was a practice prevalent during those times that the Acharya of the gurukul (the
spiritual university) did not charge any fees from the students he had administered
into his gurukul. It
was only at the time of bidding goodbye that the pupil was expected to pay regards
to the teacher in form of guru Dakshina. and the inherent animal within guru Dronacharya
asked of Eklavya for his Guru Dakshina. Even though guru Dronacharya had not directly
imparted any teaching or training to Eklavya he expected guru Dakshina from this
innocent pupil.
Guru Dronacharya feared presence of Eklavya in the society may result in his mockery.
To thwart the effects... he asked of Eklavya for presenting his right thumb to
guru Dronacharya as guru Dakshina. Eklavya immediately obliged. Guru Dronacharya
knew well that having offered his right thumb Eklavya would not be able to perform
archery to his best capability.
Guru
Dronacharya by his act had betrayed the trust of the pupil in the teacher. He
had lowered the dignity of the pupil teacher relationship by asking for guru Dakshina
even though he had not imparted any teaching or training to the pupil. For this
act of his.... guru Dronacharya had to pay a very heavy price later on in life.
The image of Eklavya and guru Dronacharya gave rise to the effect that why not
ask god Almighty himself for becoming my guru in absentia. None has ever seen
God Almighty nor was there any possibility of seeing God in near future. By the
grace of God I realized that if god accepted me as his pupil he becomes duty-bound
to teach me all that we call spirituality.
My
only goal of life was gaining vision of God on one-to-one basis and that too permanently.
The moment I decided and asked of God for becoming my guide in life... half of
my journey was complete as god Almighty immediately graced me by his acceptance.
I was totally flabbergasted. I could not believe that I was the pupil of God Almighty
directly. It was simply beyond comprehension. A child of 13 years of age in search
of God had accomplished the unimaginable. My faith in God won me laurels. I later
on realized in life that my acceptance as a favorite pupil of God had been a miracle
of sort.
To be
connected to god Almighty all the time... every second of my life is something
which cannot be expressed in words. Ever since I gained self realization in 1993...
I can interact with God Almighty on one-to-one basis!
Henceforth... whenever you feel like asking someone... who is your Guru? Think
of God Almighty if he's willing to accept you as his favorite pupil. The vast
ocean of the spirituality definitely cannot be crossed without the guidance of
a guru.
Presently
we are passing through the Kali Yuga phase of life... this is the age when even
the spiritual masters pursue materialistic achievements as their goal of life.
Can we expect such a one who has not yet realized God himself become our guru
and guide us on the right path!
Here I would like to express that it is the capability of the student whether
the guru would accept one as his pupil. It is never the merit of the teacher which
is in judgment! and making it explicitly clear that in my 50 years of life I have
not yet found a pupil whom I may be ready to accept as a student.
As
expressed in Bhagavad Gita... the doctrine of Bhagavad Gita must never be dictated
to one who is not worthy of it. Sri
Ramakrishna Paramhansa searched for Vivekananda and in my life I shall
definitely find one when I come across!
Always
there to clarify your queries (send
your query),
Vijay
Kumar "Atma
Jnani"
Vijay Kumar... The Man who Realized God in 1993 on Your Guru.
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