Satguru vs. Guru

My Facebook sites are becoming quite interesting. Today I was corresponding with a Beautiful Indian woman who lives in Tiruvanamali. I had asked if she knew or had visited Ramesh Balsekar while he was still alive. Her response was that she had not but that a friend had and found him a very powerful guru. But to her way of thinking there were lots of gurus but that Ramana Maharshi was the only “satguru.” This is my reply… Dear (…….), Thank you so much for writing and expressing your point of view as regards the guru vs. the satguru. And I in no way mean any disrespect to those beliefs. From my perspective, all of “us” are products of the society and era in which we are brought up. And our bodies, beliefs and conditioning seem to be a complete fabrication of the “mind” and its “dream.” And from here, this also applies to any so-called “holy ones”. As shown by Maharshi’s belief in the reincarnation of his cow and pet peacock. I also recall Ramana expressing that each of “us” is our own satguru, which is more in line with my thinking. Like George Carlin, J and UG Krishnamurti, I too, tend to shy away from any perceived “authority,” whether it is clothed in a loin cloth or a police uniform.