As I have continued to contemplate this teaching over time, I have noticed that it has taken on different meanings during different periods of my life. When I first read it, I experienced it as words of loving comfort in which Gurumayi was reassuring me that she was always with me.
However, now the meaning of this teaching has, for me, become more about the Guru always being there in the form of the shakti. It allows me to recognize that the shakti eternally exists within me with the power to transform me and enable me to attain everything.
However, now the meaning of this teaching has, for me, become more about the Guru always being there in the form of the shakti. It allows me to recognize that the shakti eternally exists within me with the power to transform me and enable me to attain everything.
Vadodara, India
Many years ago during my first stay in Gurudev Siddha Peeth, Gurumayi was giving a final darshan in the courtyard before leaving on a Teachings Visit to meditation centers throughout India. She would be away from the Ashram for some time.
I was sitting on the steps of Guru Chowk at the time, and as people got up to follow Gurumayi to the front of the Ashram to say goodbye, I tried to stand, but found that my legs were numb. After several attempts to rise, I realized that this was for a purpose, so I sat calmly and waited. It was then that a voice rose up inside me saying, “The Guru does not come and go. Only the Guru’s body comes and goes.” I have treasured these words for the past four decades as their power and wisdom have led me to the inner Guru.
As Gurumayi says in this quotation, “Those who know me as I truly am know that I am with you.”
I was sitting on the steps of Guru Chowk at the time, and as people got up to follow Gurumayi to the front of the Ashram to say goodbye, I tried to stand, but found that my legs were numb. After several attempts to rise, I realized that this was for a purpose, so I sat calmly and waited. It was then that a voice rose up inside me saying, “The Guru does not come and go. Only the Guru’s body comes and goes.” I have treasured these words for the past four decades as their power and wisdom have led me to the inner Guru.
As Gurumayi says in this quotation, “Those who know me as I truly am know that I am with you.”
Brisbane, Australia
A few decades ago, I was handed a card with these words as I left the main hall in the Siddha Yoga Ashram in Manhattan. It was a yellow card with white writing. The words on the card can no longer be read, but that is OK—for they are in my heart. They have supported me all these years because they are the Truth.
Oklahoma, United States
I do know that Gurumayi is with me. I have had faith in her love for me for many, many years. And I am convinced that I will attain the highest, with Gurumayi’s grace, guidance, and blessings.
Yautepec, Mexico