Mr. Evans-Wentz continued another day: “May one have more than one spiritual master?”
M.: Who is a Master? He is the Self after all. According to the stages of the development of the mind the Self manifests as the Master externally. The famous ancient saint Avadhuta said that he had more than 24 Masters. The Master is one from whom one learns anything. The Guru may be sometimes inanimate also, as in the case of Avadhuta. God, Guru and the Self are identical.
A spiritual-minded man thinks that God is all-pervading and takes God for his Guru. Later, God brings him in contact with a personal Guru and the man recognises him as all in all. Lastly the same man is made by the grace of the Master to feel that his Self is the Reality and nothing else. Thus he finds that the Self is the Master.
~ Ramana Maharshi, Talk 23
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Known is a drop, Unknown is an Ocean 
Excellent recursion 🙂
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Absolutely Praveen! You are most welcome. 🙂
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Well said.
Absolute retrieval.
GURU is channel for Jivatma to re-link itself with Paramatma (Swami Chidananda).
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Yeah, very true! Thanks for sharing the wise quote with us. 🙂
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On seeing this: ‘“May one have more than one spiritual master?”’ my reaction was, ‘One’s spiritual master is one’s self only!’ so I was not surprised to read M’s response 🙂
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