Have you met your guru?

[chaospanda]

Honestly, I don't think any incarnate human being is qualified to be my guru, in the sense of an incarnate higher self or the projection of a deity (ideas discussed in Tibetan and Indian texts).

I believe that we are all each other's teachers, and it is probably helpful to reserve the idea of guru to the higher self and assigned/chosen guides as these have an honor, duty, and obligation to help the individual in question.

While I fully respect the choices of those who utilize an incarnate master to gain wisdom and spiritual insight over time, the idea of pursuing the self directly resonates much more to me. I enjoy finding balance between theory and application, so I will spend some time studying spiritual materials written in the past and other time in meditation and daily life applying what I have learned. As it stands my focus is much more on applications rather than digesting theory, as I have digested enough theory to provide a solid foundation for the work I am immersing myself in now.