Gurudom is playing with words because maybe the meaning is floating somewhere in between the spaces of words.
People who are emotionally stuck with Gurus will never be able to get rid of ignorance.
People who think themselves to be in a position to air their knowledge forget one basic fact, namely that they go by mere appearances.
Someone expounds knowledge and the one who receives it begins to ape the person from whom he has received the knowledge. They never question the validity of that knowledge.
Katha Upanishad says ~ Fools dwelling in darkness, but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round, by various tortuous paths, like the blind led by the blind. (Ch II-5 P-14)
It indicates that the ignorant one (darkness) of the true Self [Atman] searches truth by accumulating knowledge of every path and practice and uncertain about the truth, and thinks every path leads towards reality. Ignorance of the true 'Self' leads one towards hallucination.
Remember:~
You are a truth seeker you will not accept anything other than the ultimate truth.
By visiting the Ashram, ignorance will not vanish. By glorifying the Guru or surrendering to the Guru you will not get Advaitic Gnana. All religious and yogic paths are meant for the ignorant crowd, not for those who are searching for the truth of their true existence.
By practicing kundalini you will remain in ignorance permanently. Meeting holy people you will not get the grace.
Sage Sankara himself said: ~ A Gnani "bears no outward mark of a holy man" (Stanza 539).
Sage Sankara: ~ "Though I wear these robes of a Sanyasin, it is only for the sake of bread."
So he wore a Guru's robe only for the sake of the ignorant. So he was identified as Guru with parampara by religious people.
For the truth seekers, Sage Sankara is a Brahma Gnani.
Thus, it proves that the religious gurus and yogis are not Gnanis because they identified themselves as holy people.
Tripura Rahasya: ~ Second-hand knowledge of the Self-gathered from books or Gurus can never emancipate a man until its truth is rightly investigated and applied; only direct realization will do that. Realize yourself, turning the mind inward. (18: 89)
By observing nature you will not find the truth you are seeking for but by realizing the unreal nature of the universe the truth you are seeking will be revealed on its own.:~Santthosh Kumaar
