An extract from the book
“Glimpses of the Divine Vision” by Swami Ramdas – Section “Guru and Satsang”
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There is no higher deity than Guru. Guru is
the Lord of the universe-the supreme ultimate Reality the sole master of your
being and all existence. Guru is Sri Ram.
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Since you have received the Gurumantra, do
you think that you require a repeated assurance that you are an accepted child
of God? Feel always that you are such. Your God, your Guru, is dwelling in
yourself.
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Really there is nothing so elevating as
Satsang. All saints must be of the same opinion with regard to the need of a Guru.
To say that without a Guru an aspirant can reach the spiritual goal is as good
as to say that a child could be born without the existence of the mother.
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Do not forget for a single moment the
immortal and all blissful nature of your true being. This consciousness or
remembrance you can keep up only when you are in constant touch with saints. Be
kind, forgiving and charitable towards all who come in contact with you. Don’t
be like the dumb-driven cattle. Assert your innate divine nature and allow it freely
to illumine your personality and all activities. You have by association with
divine men understood the supreme purpose of life. Let nothing throw a veil
over the light and knowledge which you have gained by such communion. May the
Lord bless you and keep you ever in His divine presence.
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