The question is that some people end up meeting their guru very early in their life, and some meet much later. Finding a guru early on in your life, especially if you are not looking for a guru, does not necessarily mean that you will benefit from that guru. To derive benefit from anything or anybody, particularly a guru, you have to have a certain degree of willingness, a certain degree of readiness so that you can listen to your guru, you can assimilate, absorb or reflect on his or her teachings and adopt them in your normal lives. One of the greatest mistakes you can make is to think that just because a guru has blessed your child, that child will do really well in life. Infect, that's often not the case. Because what happens: Nature allows for no complacency of any kind when it comes to parenting. Suppose parents don't take care of their child the way they are supposed to be taken care of. If they don't bring up their children the way they are expected to be brought up, no guru can save that situation. There are people whose children have played in the laps of the gurus, and yet they turned out not just ordinary people but below ordinary. Because somewhere the parents thought that now the blessing is there we don't have to do much. Listen to this discourse by Om Swami to find out more. BREATHE / SMILE / LET GO ----------------------- SUBSCRIBE to Om Swami channel for a weekly dose of positive and practical thoughts on life, meditation, spirituality, relationships & more! - https://www.youtube.com/user/omswamitv ----------------------- Want to connect & explore more. You can connect with Om Swami on https://os.me. ----------------------- If you enjoy the talks and would like to try courses by Om Swami, please visit: https://os.me/courses/ ----------------------- Need a companion in your self-discovery. You can find Om Swami's books here: https://os.me/books/ -----------------------
