Ethics may cleanse the mind and prepare one to knock at the inner door, but they will never, by themselves, open that door. Such a gate can only be opened by the guru.
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The world is sick and weary; it longs for a remedy to cure its ills. But where is the relief? There are thousands of answers, and yet no answer except one: go to a living master.
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A master employs the mind as a mirror. A mirror refuses nothing, and it grasps nothing. It receives but it does not keep. In this way, a guru can triumph over matter without injury to himself. This is what is called vairāgya.
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A living master is necessary. A dead one won’t do. The characteristic of a master is personal knowledge, hence the reassuring need for living masters. How do you know if something is alive? You can talk to it, hear it or see it. Can a video or audio recording be a master? Maybe; maybe not. They preserve the sight and sound—but there is no interaction.
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Are there worlds beyond? Masters say there are. They are prepared to show you the way. But you must have the humility to accept the necessary conditions. A master can give you the key by which you may have a personal interview with any realized soul. A few hours daily given to the proper exercises, as outlined by the master, ought to lead in due course to inner enlightenment with unfailing certainty.
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Buddha, Zoroaster, Confucius and Lao Tzu were near-contemporaries. There can be more than one living master at a time.
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Moral goodness alone does not qualify us to meet a master. Nor does great intellect. To meet a sadhguru, you need humility, love and freedom from the bonds of creeds.
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Masters receive their initiation from other masters or directly from the Godhead, never from priests.
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