Don't be a Guru widow
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March 11, 2012
Who is a 'Guru widow'?
Suppose you have been a follower of a Guru, and that Guru has left the body.
When you meet another living Master, you want to learn from him, but you go through the guilt or 'guru conflict', because you feel that you may be betraying your guru by following another Master. So you remain as a 'Guru widow' or 'Guru widower', missing the presence on the living Master in your life.
Understand: when your guru was in the body, what did he really want? He wanted you to grow continuously. So only if you don't catch a living Master, you are disloyal to your Master who is no more in the body. I don't think any Guru wants his
disciples to be a widow or widower. Do not be a Guru widow or Guru widower. Your Guru who loves you, does not want you to be a Guru widow or Guru widower.
You need to understand - discipleship is for you to grow. That is what Guru expects, and you also expect! This is the official agreement between Guru and disciple. So only if you don't take up living with a living Master, you are disloyal to your Guru, to your very discipleship.
Please understand, the moment you have a Guru and get initiated, the discipleship itself becomes an independent intelligence. So now the discipleship needs to be kept alive. It can happen only if you go to a living Master.
When a Master is in the body, the whole organization is mission-ary. It is alive; it has a mission, it has a purpose. Once he leaves the body, it is just machinery! Be part of a mission, not a machine. You are not a nut or bolt or gear – a dead Master's machinery. Be a liver, intestine, heart and brain - means, part of a living Master's sangha.
See, when I am in the body, all of you are my liver, intestine, brain, heart, head - sometimes headache! Even if you are headache, you are part of a living organism. Being a part of living Master's organism, a living Master's mission is the best way to live.
Unfortunately, human beings need someone in the human body to tell what needs to be told. And even when I am sitting in this human body, screaming in such a loud voice, people do not listen! Then how do you expect that you will continue to grow when your Master is no longer in the body?
So when your Master leaves his body, the first thing you need to do is pray to him to guide you to a living Master. You will see how beautifully he guides you, through a dream or vision, in some way. And once the living Master happens, the form of the old Master disappears even from your visions and dreams, because he is now constantly available, guiding you, through this living Master.