The captain of a ship is ever alert. A fisherman is ever alert. A surgeon in the operation theatre is ever alert. Even so, a thirsting hungry disciple should be ever alert in the service of his Guru. Live to serve the Guru. You must watch for opportunities. Do not wait for invitation. Volunteer yourself for the Guru's service.
Serve your Guru humbly, willingly, unquestioningly, unassumingly, ungrudgingly, untiringly, and lovingly. The more your energy you spend in serving your Guru, the more the divine energy will flow into you. He who serves the Guru serves the whole world. Serve the Guru without selfish ends. Scrutinize your inner motives while doing service to the Guru. Service must be done to the Guru without expectation of name, fame, power, wealth, etc.
Obedience to the GURU:
Obedience to the Guru is better than reverence. Obedience is precious virtue, because if You try to develop the virtue of obedience, the ego, the arch-enemy on the path of Self-realization, slowly gets rooted out.
Only the disciple who obeys his Guru can have command over his lower self. Obedience should be very practical, whole-hearted, and actively persevering. True obedience to Guru neither procrastinates nor questions. A hypocritical disciple obeys his Guru from fear. The true disciple obeys his Guru with pure love, for love's sake.
Learn how to obey. Then alone you can command. Learn how to be a disciple. Then alone you can become a Guru.
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