2. Suddenly I felt like writing about the
phenomenon of GURU.
One can like other individuals for one reason or
another, such as one’s looks, talent, skills, or
literary genius and creative genius of poets and
filmmakers! One may like politicians and film
stars for their wisdom and glamour respectively
or even tempting spell they cast. One may like
people because of the feeling of security one gets
from them.
But apart from all these situations, sometimes;
when one becomes totally selfless, totally
objective, and somewhere deep in the heart of
heart; one experiences the nearness of another
individual. This nearness is unconditional. This
nearness is extrasensory.
Moreover, it has nothing to do with any kind of
physical pleasure or material gain. It is totally
independent of social prestige, popularity,
weightage, or sway on the society. In short this
3. experience of nearness is beyond everything
imaginable. This experience of nearness or shall
we say, oneness, does not expect anything or does
not aim at anything. It itself is ultimate
achievement or fulfillment in life.
This is neither out of fear, nor out of insecurity!
This experience of closeness is independent of
physical presence or any physical attributes.
This experience of total oneness with another
individual may vary in terms of apparent nature
of relationship.
This experience of relationship is the everlasting
and ever assuring internal YAJNA to sublimate
one’s subjectivity into objective consciousness.
This relationship between two individuals has
spanned throughout history. It is beyond the
boundaries of time and space.
4. I think such timeless; totally selfless
unconditional love and liking between two
individuals, where the subjectivity of one does not
exist (GURU) and that of the other gets dissolved
(SHISHYA) in the course of time, is GURU –
SHISHYA relationship!
