spiritual teacher my Guru, the shamanic lineage my Guru, the current book I was reading my Guru, but would have nothing to do with someone who actually called themselves a Guru.
In 2005 I began reading Autobiography of a Yogi and was exposed for the first time to Babaij. I quickly went online and researched this man to find pictures of Herakhan Babaji on babaji.net. This being grabbed my attention immediately and claimed me as his own. He began coming to me in dreams and teaching me about Truth, Simplicity, Love, and Service. This aspect of Babaji, who was no longer in the physical body, at least in front of me, was the greatest teacher I had met, because I was ready for the teachings. Perhaps the most profound of his teachings being this; do not attach to the teacher, attach to the teachings.
It was then I realized that Babaji coming to me in dreams was far more powerful than a being coming to me in the physical, because I was not giving all the power to his being, but rather just receiving the teachings. It was then I realized what to me a Guru truly is; A teacher who leads you to the teachings that lead you home to yourself. The process of receiving such teachings however is a process of letting go of the attachment to a being, and being open to the possibility that you can be taught by everything.
As I said, everyone has a Guru at some point. But once you are fully awakened, life itself becomes the ultimate Guru, and the teacher you most need to meet most is the one standing right in front of you. They are teaching you about your light and your shadow; your judgments; your fear. They are teaching you about your hurt, and how it feels to be ‘mislead’ to God, when in your core you so deeply