By P.P.Thakur, Hyderabad

Peer for a peerless Guru – Sadguru. Nevertheless, in this gauntlet uphill task one ultimately comes to conclude – even with all of your endeavours, you cannot find one, as He shall appear by Himself and not to be found. This golden truth of spiritualism was well expiated by Poojya Sri Swamiji in the thought provoking Sookti Manjari of February 2001.

In the process of reading, one ultimately comes to question himself – to which classification one shall be put to – devotee or disciple. with intensive inner probing and self-assessment, one sadly realizes that to either of the two classifications he befit (at least that’s how I feel about me), thanks to the clash within between the feelings of faith and reasoning. Only with a devout emotion and perceiving faith one can achieve the status of a devotee. This leads himself to the path of a philosophy of spiritual evolution and through it the notion of progress and spiritual enlistment. Only this statuesque brings one to the clan hood of a disciple. However to traverse the path of reasoning and ethical dualism – good and bad and to be lead to the path of self realization the helping hand of Sadguru bestows itself at the appropriate time. Then by the grace of this Sadguru – Pujya Swamiji, the myth of reasoning and materialism cease and the mirth of mysticism will be realized by the disciple. this makes the individual turned devotee, turned disciple to start with the grace of Guru, the real journey of life. The journey on to self-realization. This enables the individual ultimately turned disciple by the grace of Sadguru, Pujya Swamiji, to walk out of the hitherto dogma of beliefs of ethical characteristics of God and visualize and feel the godliness in all. Thus the sad Guru in an inimitable style makes the individual to stile over the path of reasoning to the path of intensive faith. He initiates the devotee in disciple-hood and in the process eliminates ethical considerations of religion in the realization of the Self.
But at what stage one is in this process, only He, the peerless Guru – Sadguru, Ganapati Sachchidananda knows and with all the yearning I importune to His Divine Grace, to at least enlist me, nay! Elevate and levitate me to the status of a devotee.

Jaya Guru Datta