If you feel earnestly the urgency for escaping from the cycle of birth and death, you will ignore any spiritual gloom prevailing in the land and seek out a guiding light which will dispel the gloom for you. Such a guiding light is the Guru, your spiritual master, Who is waiting to help you. Just as we need a doctor to cure us of our illness, a Guru is necessary to know what the Sastras prescribe and to teach us the particular course of action suited to our qualifications. If you wish for a Guru in all earnestness, He will be before you in no time. But if you require His presence only to enable you to test His competence as a Guru, He will be farther off than before. Surrender yourself entirely to a Guru. He will take you by the hand and lead you to the goal. But you must have true faith in Him. Have implicit faith in the words of your Guru and earnestly follow His instructions for the realisation of God and you shall certainly see God.

Do not be disheartened by the spiritual darkness over-running the world. When the Sun sets and the darkness of the night envelops the land, we do not stop our work saying that the Sun has set. Do we not light a lamp and get on with our normal activities with that aid of that lamp? If we feel that there is an urgency, do we not walk miles and miles together during the darkest of nights guided by the flickering light of the torch? For the purpose of trade and money, we cross the vast oceans and explore the air, but for the purpose of Truth we make no effort. We want the teachers to come to our door and solve our doubts for us. We have no time or desire to learn and practice our dharmas.

Religious teachers offer guidance based on the needs and the competence of the people who come to them. That is why a teacher gives different advise to different seekers, just as a doctor prescribes different medicines for different patients. A Guru is bound to teach only those who do not know, but seek to know. If people prefer to remain in ignorance, the teachers are not to blame at all for not attempting to teach them.

True Gurus are available in every religion. They may not be in the ordinary world of strife, for such a world does not want them nor have they any use for such a world. They may sometimes be found even in the midst of strife, as strife cannot injure them. Doubts can never be solved unless you approach the persons who have not merely studied their religion but are daily living it. Go, therefore, in search of a true master. He is always available and is only waiting for a sign of real earnestness in you. If you have true humility and earnestness to see God, He will solve all your doubts and show you God in no time at all.