“The Guru is like the sunlight in the morning. He intensifies the light of morning until you awaken. Until the light awakens a man, even the true light of consciousness, he continues to dream, he tries to survive within the dream, manipulates himself within the dream, pursues all kinds of goals, searches, none of which awaken him. All ordinary means only console a man and distract him within the dream. The Guru, the one who would awaken you, is not a person, he is not an individual within the dream. He is your very consciousness. He is the Real, the Self, he is the Light, he is the true waking state, the Heart, breaking through the force of dreaming. So it is not that you are some poor guy who needs some other poor guy to help him out. It may appear that way within the dream, but essentially it is your own nature appearing within the dream to awaken you. The Guru is your awakening, and your always already conscious state.”
– Adi Da, The Method of the Siddhas
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