Not everyone who calls himself a guru can give you this. The true Master is not a dead weight; he is a living reality who can show you the Truth. He can pull you out of the swamp and put you on the right path. And not only you, but thousands. A magnet has the ability to attract not one, but countless iron filings. Its magnetic field draws all kinds of metallic things and they attach themselves to it. A spiritual man, a realized soul, is like a magnet. He attracts one and all - he doesn't discriminate against anyone. The magnet transfers its magnetism to the pieces of iron. St. Kabir attributes the same quality to the Guru: "Prostrate yourself to your Guru countless times, because he can make you like himself, just as the bhringi wasp turns other insects into its own shape." This wasp is supposed to carry off the larvae of other insects, enclose them in a cocoon and, by emitting a certain humming sound, transforms them into its own shape. The Guru is like this. Through the Knowledge he gives, he can make a disciple as enlightened as he is.
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