{"id":509,"date":"2015-01-21T16:42:26","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T21:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/?p=509"},"modified":"2015-01-21T16:42:46","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T21:42:46","slug":"509","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/509\/","title":{"rendered":"To light the fire is not enough. Light it, and then find the silence inside."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guru is like an axe who cuts the attachments deep within one\u2019s heart. Real diksha means that he has no attachment to anything of this material world.<br \/>\n<em>&#8211; Subhag Swami<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><em>Kabir &#8211; The couplet<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u092a\u093e\u0935\u0915 \u0930\u0942\u092a\u0940 \u0938\u093e\u0907\u092f\u093e\u0902, \u0938\u092c \u0918\u093e\u091f \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0938\u092e\u093e\u0908 \u0964 <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u091a\u093f\u0924 \u091a\u0915\u092e\u0915 \u0932\u093e\u0917\u0947 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902, \u0924\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u092c\u0941\u091d\u093f \u092c\u0941\u091d\u093f \u091c\u093e\u0907 <\/strong><strong>||<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><em>transliterated:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nP\u00e3wak roopi s\u00e3iy\u00e3n, sab gh\u00e3t rah\u00e3 sam\u00e3i |<br \/>\nChit chakmak l\u00e3ge nahin, t\u00e3te bujhi bujhi j\u00e3i ||<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Translation:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nThe guru, like the fire, burns as bright everywhere without differentiation |<br \/>\nBut the soul, without the flintstone (of the guru) to light it, stays dark and lifeless||<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>My understanding:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nEven the best and most powerful of automobiles needs the driver to insert the key and start the ignition before it comes to life. And yet, that is not enough \u2013 without the right person steering it, the automobile, despite all its capabilities, stays underutilized, or worse, ends up on the scrap heap.<\/p>\n<p>The individual soul is in a similar plight. We need to be shown the path by one who can guide us without expectation. And we need constant course correction to ensure we stay on the right path, overcoming the distractions of desire and misdirection.<\/p>\n<p>So it is our primary job to find the right guide (guru) and then submit without reservation to the provided instruction and guidance. This is the safest way to find true purpose in life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guru is like an axe who cuts the attachments deep within one\u2019s heart. Real diksha means that he has no attachment to anything of this material world. &#8211; Subhag Swami \u00a0 Kabir &#8211; The couplet \u092a\u093e\u0935\u0915 \u0930\u0942\u092a\u0940 \u0938\u093e\u0907\u092f\u093e\u0902, \u0938\u092c \u0918\u093e\u091f \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0938\u092e\u093e\u0908 \u0964 \u091a\u093f\u0924 \u091a\u0915\u092e\u0915 \u0932\u093e\u0917\u0947 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902, \u0924\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u092c\u0941\u091d\u093f \u092c\u0941\u091d\u093f \u091c\u093e\u0907 || \u00a0 transliterated: P\u00e3wak&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kabir","category-philosophy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":511,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509\/revisions\/511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}