Finding a Guru

    To find a fully realized Guru is a blessing and it is undoubtedly very hard to find him. It is easier to find a pearl in the sea than to stand in front of a real spiritual being. We usually cannot recognize a fully realized Guru, because we are attracted by false Gurus who exhibit siddhis -occult powers, such as levitation, walking on water, invisibility, etc., though a real Guru does not exhibit any siddhi.

    For a real seeker, help on finding a Guru comes in a mysterious manner. When the time is ripe, the Guru and the disciple are brought together by God Almighty in so many mysterious ways. By dreams, by reading a book or an article on that Guru, by meeting someone related to that Guru, by chanting a mantra in which the Guru’s name is involved, by meeting the Guru itself, or by some other means a reaction can be experienced within your soul, such as an inner heat, a vibration within your body, the attainment of darshans -spiritual visions-, the arousal of a great joy within yourself, or not being able to pronounce not even a word when you find yourself in front of such a Great Soul. In my case I, Carlos Guzman, had a spiritual vision of the Guru, when I was in Mexico thousands of miles away from him and without even knowing him personally, I felt an urge of the soul on making a trip out of my country in order to find this Great Soul. In October, 1991, two and a half months after starting this trip, I had the fortune of meeting my Guru. An incredible detailed narration is given in this Web Page under the name "Experiences of Guru’s Disciples."

    After reading the article "Experiences of Guru’s Disciples", I will extend an invitation to meet Nava Jyothi Sri Karunakara Guru. Maybe you thought that in the past you had found a fully realized Guru, but maybe you are wrong. Come and meet Nava Jyothi Sri Karunakara Guru at Santhigiri Ashram and judge for yourself. It might be the greatest experience of your whole life as it has been to me.

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