In Hindu culture, a guru is considered as important as a mother and father in one's life. Matru Devo Bhav, Pitru Devo Bhav, Guru Devo Bhava. This means, the mother is a god, the father is a god and a guru is a god for one. This symbolizes that a guru or a teacher is as important as a mother and a father in one's life. Mother gives you life and plays a core role in one's early life, Father supports, protects, and prepares before you get on your own. Unlike, the mother and the father, a guru can be different throughout your life. In the beginning, a teacher is a guru who ignites young minds and teaches important skills, imparts knowledge, implants good values. Then, when we become independent, the dependence and support of parents reduce, the same way, the role of a guru also reduces in our life. We are really on our own. We are alone. (We have our spouse now but very few are really lucky and have new support in the form of a spouse but for the most, the marriage adds more challenges than opportunities.) Problems and new situations arise in life, and as an adult, we are supposed to handle them. We try, we learn on our own, sometimes we fail, sometimes we succeed. This is how most of us live our life. In this post, I want the highlight the role of a guru, a support person in our life.
- For our life, we need a Guru. We need someone in our life who
- We often reach a point where our capacity ends. Or we get lost between different choices. We need someone to help us sail through difficult, sometimes unchartered territories.
- There are times, we want to talk something out of our heads. We want someone to listen to us. A guru can be a great advisor.
- Generally, a guru figure is more experienced, more learned, and has a capacity to guide and help find better solutions.
We need to have a friend or someone to whom we can open our hearts, and we can say everything, without hiding anything. Do you such a person in your life? The person we can talk about conflicts, and challenges, problems, and tough situations. Sometimes, we need some guidance from them, other times, we simply need to vent something out of our system. In such times, we want them to listen to us.
