whether you know anything else or not , you do know that you exist .It means that there is a self and it is only a question of realising it .can anyone climb mounteverest ? definately not, because not everybody has the capacity to do that .but all of us have a self , and realising it ia an inwarsd process, so it is definately possible.
what you can do on the outside depends on many things. when it comes to what is within you , it is just a question of your willingnass. if you are interestd in living your life with full depth and dimension , how can you live without self-realisation ?if you are interested in experiencing all the possibilities you carry within yourself , how can you explore them without self-realisation ? self realisation is not an abstact dimension that is not relavent to people . every human being should strive for it because you more realise about yourself , the better you live .
whne we say self-realisation , we are not talking about understanding your physiology or your scychology alone , we are talking about understanding the very fundamentals of who you are .when you stand here, you look at yourself as a peson,but hoew did this person happen ? this body when it was born , it was so small.now it has become so big -how? was it created from inside or outside ? definately from inside.
so that which creates this body within you ; the very sorce of creation is within you ,self -realisation means befriending the creator within you .And if the creator is your friend , what is the problem with life ?
a guru becomes relavent with you only when you have an aspiration to constantly enhance your life ; when you want to touch dimensions within which you yourself have not been able to touch . when people hear the word guru ,they may have a lot of resistence ,essentially bacause of the misuse of the word a guru is like a road map , if you want to travel an uncharted terrain , do you go without a roadmap ? you can ; maybe you will anyway reach there . but there are also chances to reach a destination which is right next to you, you may go around the world and come back , or you may ever get there.
The Culprit in Me
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