Beware of Cheating Gurus

Nowadays there is a popular so-called guru who is teaching that Guru, God, and the Self are synonymous. That he has a huge following all over the world is not at all surprising because we have all come to this material world due to our polluted desire to be God. If someone comes along and tells everyone that they are God, this will naturally be attractive to those who are less intelligent. People will think, "Wow! Guruji will make me God. What a great guru he is!"

But a thoughtful person will not accept such a philosophy understanding full well, "If I were God how could the all-powerful Supreme Person be dragged down into the world of birth, death, old age, and disease to get stuck in a daily struggle for his existence? That would not be possible." Such an intelligent person will understand that he is not God, and he will seek out a bona fide spiritual master who can teach him how to become a perfect servant of God and thus genuinely become liberated from material existence and return to his original eternal, fully-blissful, and fully-wise identity in that wondrous spiritual sky.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Hear from a Bona Fide Guru

Hear from a Bona Fide Guru

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Our Original Form?

What is our original form?

How do we fall into cycle of birth and death from our original form in spiritual sky?

Please enlighten me.

Your servant,

Prema

Answer: Eternal, Full of Bliss, and Full of Knowledge

We were originally in the spiritual world in forms purely composed of eternity, knowledge, and bliss participating in the eternal pastimes of Krishna. Because we foolishly desired to be the Lord instead of serving the Lord, Krishna gave us a chance to try thinking ourselves to be God here in this material world. Now that we've stuck our hands in the fire and gotten badly burned in the cycle of birth and death, if we are fortunate, we will realize what a stupid mistake we made, and we will take the remedial measures for getting back to our original all ecstatic identities.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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