Surpass Your Guide
Padmapada glorified Adi Shankaracharya
Hanuman glorified Rama. Rama will be proud to say ‘Hanuman is my man’. Padmapada glorified Adi Shankaracharya. If your student gets a state rank, as a good teacher will you not be proud of that achievement? You will not be jealous; you will be proud that your student has bagged a state rank.
Like that, I will be happy if a person who comes to me excels me. I mean it. You should be a better person than your own guide / own teacher.
So, do not simply end by saying ‘I like Siva Shankar Baba’. You should scale up to saying ‘I am like Siva Shankar Baba’. I will be more proud, really proud, if you say ‘I am better than Siva Shankar Baba’. That is what I want.
Understand the beauty of the Soul. Start dwelling in the soul, as the soul. Concentrate on the Inner Light