Daily Meditation: Saturday, February 28, 2004

Spiritual guide - difficulties of assuming this task

02/28/2004

The person who truly wishes to progress on the divine path tries to remain on the sidelines, in obscurity, for as long as possible. Neither does he push himself to the fore, nor is he in a hurry to be singled out by others who claim to have recognised in him a spiritual authority. To accept the role of spiritual guide, you must be psychically very well armed and protected, which requires several incarnations of discipline and effort. Nothing is more difficult than guiding human beings in their inner life. Someone who is not sufficiently prepared can only meet with difficulties and experience shocks. Others demand too much from him, and as he is not able to respond to these demands, he is continually exposed to criticism, reproaches and even threats, and his life becomes hell. More than any other responsibility, that of a spiritual guide demands a long preparation.