You are doomed to meet the Guru; you cannot escape Him

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

Acharya Prashant (AP): The Teacher offers unsolicited support when you do not feel any need for that support. Then you get used to that support.

Then the Teacher takes it away. You are in tears and you declare him insensitive and undependable. “How dare he break the pot he himself so lovingly made?”, you shout.

You walk away in rage and despondency and stumble.

And he supports, yet again. In another form, in another name.

You are doomed to meet the Guru. You cannot escape him. He will support you despite your ingratitude and break you despite your gratefulness.

He is You.

AP: The subject does not ‘see’ as such. Seeing is always in details, in naamroop, and hence limited and fragmented.

Seeing is the function of the mind. The mind sees, gives names, relates events, and forms meanings. Such seeing is nothing but perception.

The Subject merely ILLUMINATES.

In this illumination, the mind sees.

For example, the Sun illuminates and your eye sees. The Sun has no distinction for details; the eye and mind form divisions and…