Guru's grace or self-effort?🔗

12 February, 2011

Q: 'What is it that is really working for the seeker? Is it self-effort or Guru's grace?'

This is one of the important problems seekers face in their life.

Is it Guru's grace or self-effort?

If it is self-effort, why do we need Guru? If it is Guru's grace, why do we need any self-effort? I am solving this paradox, this problem, once and for all.

Understand, you need to have self-effort to be in

Guru's grace. You need to have Guru's grace to have self-effort.

Both are not contradictory!

When you catch Guru's grace, put your self-effort to be in that grace. Avoid all the negativity you may carry about the Master and you.

When you have the Guru's grace, take the inspiration from him and start the self-effort. When you are making the self-effort, make the effort to be in Guru's grace. When you have Guru's grace, use that grace to create self-effort.

You need to have self-effort to sit in Guru's grace, to be soaked in Guru's grace every day.