A PITIABLE STATE
The Grace of the Guru
Man’s state of sadness is so bad that he does not even know he is sad. It is like a great Lion that is wallowing in the sewage along with a pig. Its condition is so bad that it doesn’t even know it is living in the sewage with a pig, instead of living as the great king of the entire forest.
Just like this everyone is living dirtily, immersed in so much sadness and yet not even knowing it, just like that Lion that is drinking the sewage water.
So what is the first thing to do? We need to take you out of the sewage. Otherwise you will keep on drinking the filth there. Even if taken out, due to years of living in the sewage you will want to go back there. You will want the familiarity of that dirty smell. Especially if 10 pigs come looking for you!! You will want to run back there. (laughing) And you will run there along with them and start living in filth. Now once again the Guru has to let you go, he will see you wallowing in filth, again he has to give you hope, bring you out, and clean you all over.
The Guru does this as his full-time job, without the slightest tiredness or frustration. He alone is the Guru. Only one assurance the Guru has. You are a Lion. You are not a Pig. Therefore, you should not live in the sewage. That’s his assurance. And he has one hope: Since you are not a pig, one day or the other you will realize that you are a Lion.
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