[Ifroham4]

By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev.

You thinking ‘this is my Guru’ or ‘that is my Guru’ is of no great significance. When your inner situation becomes such that you really have no choice and you don’t consciously think ‘this is my Guru’, but in every way he has become that, then he is your Guru. In spite of yourself, when you are involved helplessly, then you have found your Guru. You don’t have to declare ‘this is my Guru,’ but when an awareness grows within you, naturally there is an acceptance of that.


Don’t try to choose your Guru. When you are choiceless about it and there is no other way for you, only then do you need a Guru. If you can still choose, don’t choose one because your choice will definitely be wrong because if you choose logically, you will choose a Guru who is convenient and comfortable for you. A Guru is somebody who takes your life, not somebody who offers you comfort. He is somebody who takes you, completely destroys and demolishes you in every way, and still he is your friend.


Generally a friend is a person who supports your ego. Those are the kind of friends that you choose. So friends are not good for you in the real sense because they support your ego in so many ways. But a Guru is a friend who demolishes your ego. So if you do not find him comfortable but you are helplessly attracted to him, only then is he your Guru.