True mentor …or a status-hungry guru ?

This is in continuation of my post in the other blog…http://rebellthecat.wordpress.com….on spiritual gurus….where I have quoted a celebrated spiritual leader …Andrew Cohen…..

The moot question is:

Do we need a mentor ….or a guru that requires an ego-massage ?

Andrew Cohen has this to say…..(my version):

Till such time that human beings do not evolve to an extent that they  themselves feel the necessity of ‘higher truth’….we need spiritual gurus

We have become so arrogant that we do not recognise hierarchy….and dont want a guru to be given a superior status…

 

  Questions that arise :

      Firstly……we need a mentor or a guide or a ‘guru’ who thinks he is superior ?     Like in all spheres of learning….a teacher is respected….so he should be…. in spirituality as well….where is the need for ‘worship’ ?

      Secondly, how & when  can it be said ….that we have evolved and we do not need a guru anymore ? What is the measuring rod ? Who has got it ? …and who shall measure ?

  ….. I think this argument  that we need to evolve to a degree….then we can resort to self-help….is awesome and  convincing in the first instance….

…but behind the facade of a  superior-intellectual- logic , this argument betrays a certain  bias ……towards those who have it….and those who are ’spiritual have-nots’ !

My idea is not to take issues with Andrew Cohen….or any other evolved soul….this question is from a seeker  of truth !

~ by bhaskarbenjamin on July 19, 2008.