Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, July, 05
While throwing light on the significance of guru, in connection with the Guru Purnima, Sahib ji said that there is a great difference between a guru & a satguru. There has been no mention of the word Satguru before Sahib Kabir. Only the word guru was prevalent. So, should we take the use of this word satguru as an opposing one to that of the word guru. No, it is not like that. Earlier, the gurus talked about 3 lokas alone. Also, the word guru is to be found in the Sagun as well as the Nirgun forms of worship. It is only the saints who made use of the word Satguru. In the Sagun as well as the Nirgun, the guru holds a high status but he simply shows the path of meditation & salvation & doesn’t take the responsibility of taking the disciples across the worldly ocean. The disciples have to make their own earnings to do so. So to say, the guru simply acts as a guide. A satguru, on the other hand, doesn’t ask you to make any earnings. He himself takes you across the worldly ocean. What a great difference between the two is there! Sahib Kabir says that the satguru himself will create spiritual awakening within you & will enable you realize the power of God within you.
None has ever said so with such a confidence & guarantee.
To seek the truth one will have to make a search for the satguru. In Sagun as well as Nirgun kinds of worship a guru can’t help the disciples attain permanent salvation. This is because the path of worship shown by him will be limited to 3 lokas & Niranjan alone. Moreover, the Nam blessed by the guru is not the soundless sound. It is the Nam that has to be recited by the mouth.
As it falls within the limit of 52 letters, so its recitation can’t help jiva reach Amarlok. No doubt, it can help on attain heaven, Pitar lok, Niranjan lok etc & salvation for a brief period but one has to take birth again after reaping the reward of noble deeds. When we hear people say God helped such & such fellow attain salvation, it is such-like salvation that is not of permanent nature.
For going to Amarlok, one needs the true Nam (soundless sound). Only a satguru, after blessing the devotee with true Nam, helps him reach there by his grace & blessings. The power of Nam will take him there. Anyhow, if some hurdle appears, the grace of satguru will remove it.
Niranjan & Maya don’t let any one go across this Brahmand. They don’t want anyone to reach the inner world even. They try their best to mislead Jiva in many ways. As such, no question of going across the limit of Niranjan can arise. A jiva can’t cross this limit however hard it may try. It is the Satguru alone who with his power takes the Jiva across this limit.
