What is the appropriate
attitude
in the case of following a questionable guru?
The answer from
Darshani
１
Nothing in the universe happens without the consent of God.
No matter how terrible an
incident is, it is not divorced from God's Will.
Therefore, we must surrender to
the knowledge that He is behind all things.
２
At the same time, when we 'wake
up' to the truth (in the false 'Guru'),
we must from that point on,
use much more discrimination
about whom we choose for a Guru.
３
We must do just what you are
doing:
a) Do not insult anyone, and do
not try to 'get back' at
someonefor having made us think
they were pure.
b) Establish to others for
future purposes, the criteria for
knowing who is a true Guru, and communicate
this to others.
c) Begin to depend on the God
that is in your heart, and not
the God that others outside of
you are claiming they are.
d) Begin to study the works of
the accepted Gurus who are
the most respected of all. These
include the following:
Sri Swami Sivananda
Sri Ramana Maharshi
Sri Ramakrishna
Sri Neem Karoli Baba (guru of
Ramdas)
Ananda Moyi Ma (great woman
saint of Bengal)
Papa Ramdas
Mother Krishnabai
e) Let the world know that just
because there is one rotten egg
in a particular basket, this
does not mean that all the other eggs are also rotten.
We hope that our answers will be
helpful to you as you walk a clearer, lighter,
and surer path of spirituality
in the future, trusting the wisdom of your own Self.
May God bless your path and
bless the words that you will write to light the paths of others.
Darshani
The answer from E
Please try to remember that even
your guru, or ex-guru,
along with everyone else, is but
one face of the Infinite God.
Where you do not understand, do
not bother yourself to judge.
At last, God is the One True
Guru,
and God will never fail you or
leave you.
He will perhaps change the
nature of the face He/She presents to you,
but that is all.
Repeat the Name of God. Repeat
it more. Don't stop.
Everything will be alright.
It will all come clear in the
Name of God.
If the words of others are
making you lose belief in all men, or
in yourself, then maybe your
faith was
on a false foundation--based
upon others.
Perhaps this is God's way of
telling you to turn to Him and Him alone.
Turn to God first and then your
faith in others and
in yourself will be based upon
your faith in God, and it will be unshakeable.
Repeat the Name of God. Repeat it
more. Don't stop.
Everything will be alright.
I love you.
E