TRUSTED AND TRIED... Sadguru

If you draw your own map while driving your own vehicle, it is wonderful.  But you may take a lifetime to cross an uncharted territory without a map.

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Let's say that you are going to Kedarnath.  Somebody is driving and the road ahead is laid out for your.  If you came alone and there were no proper directions, definitely you would have wished that if you had a map to tell you how to get there.

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On one level, a guru is similar to a map, a living map.  If you can read the map, you know the way and you can move ahead.  A guru can also be compared to a bus driver.  We sit in the bus and doze off and he takes us to our desired destination; but to sit in this bus and doze off, with peace of mind, we must trust the bus driver.  If with each curve on the road, we think, "Can this man take me safely?  Will this man go off the road?  What is his intention?", we will only go crazy.

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To live and survive, you need trust.  Daily, we trust a lot of things unconsciously.  Let us say you are sitting in a bus.  Unknowingly, you trust this vehicle.  You have placed your life in the hands of this mechanical mess.  We trust the bus unconsciously, and risk our lives while traveling in it.  The same trust, if it arises consciously, would do miracles for us in our lives.

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When we say trust, we are not talking about something new in life.  To be here, to breathe 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 is not something that is impossible.  Life is based on trust and nothing in this earth will exist without this....SADHGURU JAGGI VASUDEV, A prominent spiritual leader, is a visionary, humanitarian, an author, poet and internationally-renowned speaker.  He can be contacted at www.ishafoundation.org.