Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj
The Sadguru can be compared to the hot Sun. Trouble starts as soon as the Sun has risen. In deep sleep, the king and the beggar enjoy the same happiness. When the "Sun of Knowledge" has risen, there is no longer day or night. As this world appearance is a crude, earthly dream, it appears to be true. When the "Light of Knowledge" spreads, the illusory appearance of the world dissolves. This understanding is the dawn of the "Golden Day" of Knowledge. The birds (jivas) get the eyes in the form of the Self (Atman). The fear in the minds of those who are travelers on the path of Self-Knowledge is gone. When the light of the Self spreads, the darkness of mundane life is destroyed, and then comes an appearance of the spiritual powers which is nothing but mirage.
When you understand that you are He, that is noon time when the sun is at the zenith. Illusion is a night that perpetuates the dream of the existence of the whole world. When that night of Illusion disappears, then the dream of "I" also dissolves. Then the "Great Experience" is fully realized and is our own place. The Sadguru is the sun that destroys both the rising and the setting. That Sun has risen. To "see" means to see the world. That is Illusion, when the Self is not known. There is a false concept of something that is called "Illusion" in Vedanta, which the Sadguru has wiped out. The greateness of the Guru is such that I only have to praise Him by using his own words. What else can I do?
The Sadguru is beyond both day and night. Who can see Him? He is "The Master of Light", but he himself has no light. Let there be salutations to Him again and again. The praises of Him are like demoting Him. It is as redundant as if we were to call a king a rich person. No such limited praise is possible for the Sadguru. How can one enumerate all that He has given? It is so vast that words fall short. We cannot say item by item,"Oh Lord, you have given this, you have given that etc." The more we praise Him, it amounts to having not praised Him at all. The vedanta is the greatest find. Lucky is one who really studies it. That which can be performed by the body is art, and that which is achieved by mind is knowledge, or vidya. The fourteenth type of vidya is the Knowledge of Brahman, Brahmavidya. The power by which that Knowledge increases cannot be measured, and the Vedas are the writings which have been written after experiencing this Knowledge. Wherever the seeker has been able to go inside, he has described that experience.
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