Rating Your Guru

I found this amusing website called Sarlo’s Guru Rating Service. It seems to have been put together by a follower of Osho. Not surprisingly, Osho does get the highest score available. I wouldn’t take any of the information on the site seriously, but it was entertaining to read the authors comments about various teachers. Personally, I don’t think a teacher/guru can be rated in this manner. Our teachers come in many shapes and sizes, often in answer to questions we don’t even know we are asking.

It would be very difficult to convey some of the profound experiences I have had with my spiritual teachers in life. The relationship between a spiritual teacher and a student is sacred and is often hidden from the rest of the world. It is also important to remember that what is good for one person may not be good for another. That is one of the reasons why we are presented with so many different paths in life. More importantly, the real teacher is within. The guide simply shines that light on what was always there.