If spirituality means seeking [‘Self’-Realization], why do I need a Guru?’ Let’s say, all that you’re seeking is to go to Kedarnath right now. Somebody is driving; the roads are laid out. If you came alone and there were no proper directions, definitely you would have wished, “I wish there was a map to tell me how to get there.” On one level, a Guru is just a map. He’s a live map. If you can read the map, you know the way, you can go. A Guru can also be your bus driver. You sit here and doze and he will take you to Kedarnath; but to sit in this bus and doze off, or to sit in this bus joyfully, you need to trust the bus driver. If every moment, with every curve in this road, you go on thinking, “Will this man kill me? Will this man go off the road? What intention does he have for my life?” then you will only go mad sitting here. We’re talking about trust, not because a Guru needs your trust, it’s just that if there’s no trust you will drive yourself mad.This is not just for sitting on a bus or going on a spiritual journey. To live on this planet, you need trust. Right now, you trust unconsciously. You’re sitting on this bus, which is just a bundle of nuts and bolts and pieces of metal. Look at the way you’re going through the mountains. Unknowingly, you trust this vehicle so much. Isn’t it so? You have placed your life in the hands of this mechanical mess, which is just nuts and bolts, rubbers and wires, this and that. You have placed your life in it, but you trust the bus consciously. The same trust, if it arises consciously, would do miracles to you. When we say trust, we’re not talking about anything new to life. To be here, to take every breath in and out, you need trust, isn’t it? Your trust is unconscious. I am only asking you to bring a little consciousness to your trust. It’s not something new. Life is trust, otherwise nobody can exist here.
If spirituality means seeking [‘Self’-Realization], why do I need a Guru?’ Let’s say, all that you’re seeking is to go to Kedarnath right now. Somebody is driving; the roads are laid out. If you came alone and there were no proper directions, definitely you would have wished, “I wish there was a map to tell me how to get there.” On one level, a Guru is just a map. He’s a live map. If you can read the map, you know the way, you can go. A Guru can also be your bus driver. You sit here and doze and he will take you to Kedarnath; but to sit in this bus and doze off, or to sit in this bus joyfully, you need to trust the bus driver. If every moment, with every curve in this road, you go on thinking, “Will this man kill me? Will this man go off the road? What intention does he have for my life?” then you will only go mad sitting here. We’re talking about trust, not because a Guru needs your trust, it’s just that if there’s no trust you will drive yourself mad.This is not just for sitting on a bus or going on a spiritual journey. To live on this planet, you need trust. Right now, you trust unconsciously. You’re sitting on this bus, which is just a bundle of nuts and bolts and pieces of metal. Look at the way you’re going through the mountains. Unknowingly, you trust this vehicle so much. Isn’t it so? You have placed your life in the hands of this mechanical mess, which is just nuts and bolts, rubbers and wires, this and that. You have placed your life in it, but you trust the bus consciously. The same trust, if it arises consciously, would do miracles to you. When we say trust, we’re not talking about anything new to life. To be here, to take every breath in and out, you need trust, isn’t it? Your trust is unconscious. I am only asking you to bring a little consciousness to your trust. It’s not something new. Life is trust, otherwise nobody can exist here.
