Bhakti-Tirtha Swami: Seminar Trust and Forgiveness.
August 25, 2001. Croatia.
Another type of dependency is to engage in unhealthy hero worship rather than worship of the guru. We have explained the first day that the proper worship of the guru begins with worship appropriate to the sadhu. But worship also suited to guru guru happens when we understand that you are representing a connection to the guru is representing the agency Krsna or the spiritual world. So the guru is a postman or charger. We are very eager to connect with what the guru is "loading." And when guru is not charging, then such representative is not a representative.
So there are times when we are thinking of the guru alone, and this means that we are thinking that we only have one father, it is dysfunctional, an unhealthy relationship, and incomplete. When you're inside a family, you have a parent, you have a mother, you guys, you have aunts, cousins \u200b\u200bhave, you have nieces, nephews have. They all mean something important to you. And each can offer something special. When we try to make the parent give us all-that's unhealthy dependence. And you'll be likely to disappoint at some point. And if the guru allows you to maintain that kind of unhealthy dependency, The guru also suffer. When the guru has many disciples who are having an inadequate awareness in service and also an attitude of service, then the guru is infected, unless you have a tremendous ability to raise awareness of such persons or not to let that go to your own conscience.
translation by Devi Dasi, disciple of HH Bhakti Tirtha Swami
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