“We may forget God but He never forgets us. he makes arrangements to rescue us. We are not asking to be rescued. In previous ages people used to seek out a spiritual master. They realize their humble situation in this world and as soon as their intelligence awakens they seek out a guru:
tad viddhi pranipatena
pariprasnena sevaya
upadeksyanti te jnanam
jnaninas tattva-darsinah
Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized souls can impart knowledge unto you because they have seen the truth. —Bg 4.34
Nowadays no one looks for a guru so the guru has to look for you. A disciple prayed to her guru: ‘It took you so long to find me, please don’t kick me away.’ Since we left the kingdom of God we’ve been travelling through universe after universe in many species of life, body after body, mixed up in this whole phantasmagoria of this material world but the Lord never forgets us.” —Indradymna Swami
Indradymna Swami, Initiation Talk
Giriraj Swami, Initiation Talk and Name Giving
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