Before you follow a guru, hear what Gorakhnath says | Gorakhnath Teachings

Before you follow a guru, hear what Gorakhnath says | Gorakhnath Teachings

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(00:03) Before you trust any guru, listen to what Guraknat reveals. Do you really need a guru to realize truth? Stop. Before you answer, look at your own mind. You want guidance. You want certainty. You want someone to show you the way. And so the idea of a guru becomes attractive. According to Goraknath, truth is not something a guru gives you.
(00:33) If it could be given, it would not be truth. It would be knowledge borrowed temporary. What is true must be seen by you directly. Not through belief, not through repetition, not through following. You may sit near a guru. You may listen to his words. You may feel peace in his presence. But understand this clearly that peace is not coming from him.
(00:58) It is arising in you. He may create the space but the seeing is yours. This is where most seekers become trapped. They begin to depend. They say without the guru I'm nothing. They say he will take me to truth and slowly their own awareness becomes weak. Guraknat would say a true guru does not create followers.
(01:21) He destroys dependence. He does not ask you to look at him. He forces you to look within. If your attention remains outside, you can sit with a guru for years and nothing will happen. You will collect words, you will collect experiences, you will collect identities, but you will not see because seeing requires aloneeness.
(01:45) Not physical aloneeness but inner independence. The courage to stand without support. The courage to not know. The courage to look directly without borrowing. This is difficult because the mind wants security. It wants someone to say this is the path. This is the truth. Follow me. And you feel safe. And that safety is also your pleas.
(02:10) Because as long as you follow, you are not seeing. Goraknath makes it very clear. The outer guru is only a doorway. If you stop at the doorway, you will never enter. If you worship the doorway, you will never see what is inside. The purpose of the guru is not to give you truth, but to remove what is false, to break your illusions, to challenge your beliefs, to shake your certainty.
(02:39) And once that is done, you must walk alone, not away from the guru, but away from dependence. This is a subtle difference. You may respect the guru. You may learn from him. You may even feel gratitude, but if you depend, you remain a child. Truth requires maturity, not age, but inner clarity. Look at your own seeking. Are you searching for truth or are you searching for someone to hold your hand? This is the real question.
(03:08) Because if you are honest, much of what you call spiritual seeking is actually a search for comfort. You want answers. You want certainty. You want to avoid confusion. But truth is not comfortable. It destroys what you believe. It removes what you rely on. It leaves you without support. And only then something real can be seen.
(03:32) So can truth be realized without a guru. Yes. Because truth is not outside you. It is not hidden somewhere. It is not waiting to be given. It is already here. But it is covered. covered by ideas, by beliefs, by conditioning. A guru can help remove these coverings, but he cannot see for you. He cannot realize for you.
(03:55) He cannot replace your awareness. If you are unwilling to look, no guru can help you. If you are ready to see, no guru is absolutely necessary. Goraknat would say, "Do not become blind in following. Do not become arrogant in rejecting. Understand the role of the guru. Use the guidance but do not lose yourself in it.
(04:19) Let the guru point but do not stop at the pointing. Turn inward because the final step, the real step is always yours. No one can take it for you. No one can carry your across. You must see, you must realize, you must know. And that knowing does not come from outside. It arises within. So do you need a guru? You may.
(04:44) But only until you no longer depend. Because the true guru is not a person. It is the awareness within you. And the moment you recognize that the question disappears.