The Concept of Guru
When contemplating the spiritual development path it is worth remembering the fact that Guru’s (Spiritual Guide’s) consciousness leads to greater and greater liberation and freedom of mind, and further, to greater and greater dissolution of all structures of material ego whose nature is to contradict the needs arising from the depths of soul, which is divine in its essence. Masters of Pure, Formless Planes, such as Vaidurya or Vaikuntha are absolutely free and independent in everything they do and teach. In particular, they are free from any shadow of pride or jealousy. When we say the word „material” we mean the entirety of Prakrit, which includes the physical, astral and mental world. Guru always leads us towards Heaven (Devachan) along the path of self-liberation, and further through Heaven, along the path of enlightenment, so that we can reach the Formless Planes and enter the path of eternal life. In the light of Himavanti there is only one path, only one way, although there are many methods and ways which help one cover its subsequent stages. This path is the path of the Return Song.
Masters of Pure, Formless Planes do not feel jealousy or pride. They perform their work with great dignity and humility. Ascended Master are not jealous either of their disciples or their path. They also don’t forbid them any contact with other schools of practice and instructions, although they do impose the stamp of secrecy and the oath to remain silent with regard to the sort of practices carried out by their disciples. They constantly indicate that there is only one way of return as far as the direction and the goal that we all want to accomplish are concerned, although there are many ways of practising. There is only one way and there is only one religion: divine truth.
However, unenlightened, fake teachers and prophets, who often came from the material Planes of Demons in either astral or mental worlds, teach that their way solely is the only one and the right one, they are also very jealous of their disciples and often forbid them the right to try so called other paths (other than „ours”). The favourite teaching of these demons is to condemn all other schools or religions. They jealously guard their disciples, they want to possess them, not to liberate them. They are afraid of competition and they assume an attitude full of animosity towards followers of other religious or spiritual paths. They are too proud to admit that their path represents simply one of many particular methods, and, even more, they are afraid to acknowledge the fact that their path might possibly lead nowhere!
The schools of Ravana Demon even claim that all religions and spiritual schools are evil, including their own. This nihilism indicates the hellish nature of the material world and has nothing in common with the teachings of liberated Masters, Saints and Prophets representing the Spiritual Hierarchy. Moreover, demonic teachings of hellish nihilism also contradict the need to have a Guru, or a Spiritual Guide. The journey along the ”spiritual” path without a guide always leads to blind and overconfident egoism. Lord Shiva, a leading Master and Teacher of all yoga systems, clearly stated that souls which maintain that there is no Lord (Guru) above them and nobody has the right to tell them what they are to do on their path, as they themselves know it better- these are merely souls that have been chased into the darkest of blind alleys and led astray off spiritual development by demonic ego forces!!!
