The word sikh is a beautiful word, coined from the Sanskrit word for student. He who has heard the guru’s teachings becomes a Sikh. Only then can you hear his teachings, with the entire heart – then only can you learn. Then whatever the guru says is right there is nothing for you to decide. There is only one secret in going to the guru: leave your self behind and go. You cannot look upon this as faith, or call it surrender because you have changed nothing. In that case, you are obeying your own self and not the guru. What suits them they will believe what does not they will not believe. Thus whatever the guru says they sit and weigh his words, judging the right and wrong. People often go to the guru when they are not yet ready they still believe in their own selves. The day that you are completely fed up with yourself, then go to the guru. More pain and suffering are needed to ripen you. It is no use coming when you are still raw. You still need to wander a bit more, bear more hardships, incur more pain through doubts and indecisions.
If you still think yourself to be very intelligent, there is no point in coming to the guru because you are still your own guru. You come to the guru only when you are completely tired of yourself. It means: I am sick and tired of myself and I want to give myself up. It means: I am tired of thinking, I can think no more. When the guru teaches, if you are thinking he is right or he is wrong, you are still sitting in the classroom and not yet in a gathering of seekers.Ĭoming to the guru means: I am tired of judging right and wrong. He has to be listened to with total faith. The guru’s teachings cannot be learned through the head, but heard through the heart. Having come empty-handed, you will leave empty-handed. You will be told one thing, you will hear another. Even if the guru teaches, your head will draw different meanings. You must learn to leave your head behind at home, because if you bring it along with you, you will not be able to hear.
For the guru’s teachings you have to be eager and look up towards him, you have to learn the art of being quiet and serene in his presence. It requires a complete transformation of your life. It is very difficult to listen to even one teaching of the guru since you cannot hear anything with your present being.
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