The Value System of a Guru
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The Value System of a Guru First thing and foremost thing is that we must have gravity in temperament. You do not need education for that, university education. You need not read books, you need not do anything. Only thing is that you have to have your value system corrected. When your value system is corrected, you understand what is good for the society, what is good for you. For example, if it’s a lotus flower, it will never emit filth and dirt. The fragrance will be always there. If it is a rose or any other fragrant thing, it will emit fragrance only. It cannot emit something that is filthy. Now those who think they are gurus and have achieved that gravity will never write something which is ugly; say something which is dirty; will never use their mind to appreciate anything that is filthy and wrong. This is the second sign of your value system. In your value system you have to first of all understand what is auspiciousness, what is Divine beauty, and what is morality of the Spirit. These three things are to be realized and are to be part and parcel of your being, so that when people see you, they should say, “Here is a person we can see who has that gravity. Here is the person who has that beauty.” It acts inside, outside. A person who has that sobriety inside dresses up in a sober way. He doesn’t dress up to impress others, or just to show off, or to hide something, or to expose something; but just to respect his body he dresses up. When he talks to others, he talks wisdom. He doesn’t talk frivolous things, useless things and things which are of a very baser level. In his own enterprises, I would say, he has a kind of a decency and a decorum. Like a person tries to become an expert. A person who worships his guru tries to be an expert in his work. Like supposing there is a person who is an engineer. He doesn’t care for money. He doesn’t care for fame. He doesn’t care for applause from others. What he cares is, does he really understand his subject matter? It won’t be mediocrity. A musician has to be perfectly a musician. An artist has to be a perfect artist. He does not use the general methods of expertise, but his Spirit—the guidance of his Spirit—he tries to improve. Like, there’s a poet, he tries to improve his poetry on the level of his Spirit, but not on the level of money. Because, normally people would write things just to please the majority of the people, so they can sell their books; or something filthy which is not benevolent to the society, nor to the name of the writer. They don’t mind. They become shameless about it. So, not that the guru himself has the value system, but through his life style, through his own preachings, through his own behavior, he radiates gravity to others. He radiates gravity to others. So it builds up our value system, value system of a balance. But it does not mean that if somebody wants to become an expert on one subject then he neglects other side. It’s in balance. It has to be in balance. A person, say for example, who is a musician and cannot understand a painting—he’s not an artist. Supposing you are an artist and still you do not understand Sahaja Yoga, then you are not a yogi. So if you start from the central point of your Spirit, you’ll be surprised that the knowledge that you receive, or whatever you give, is absolutely integrated and radiates from one point. So, in every way, you become an expert. In any subject you become an expert. Anybody asks you a question, you know everything. But, in that you know what is worthless and what is of worth. You try to understand what is important. You know. You give up whatever is worthless and you would not like to know the names of different alcohols. You don’t want to be expert in that. You don’t want to be an expert of knowing all the names of all the carpet styles. You may not like to know all the varieties of saris. You may not like to know all the names of all the cameras. You may know but need not feel that you do know. But whatever is important for the gravity of a personality you will know. So, if you want to make it simple, we can know about auspiciousness, what is auspicious. You will know about fair play, what is a fair play towards others. You’ll know about what is justice in the eyes of God. You’ll know about the Divine music that elevates your kundalini. So as a result of this gravity you get discrimination; that you know what is your personality and what is the water surrounding you. You know how to discriminate, and this discrimination also, actually, innately, comes from your Guru Principle. |