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Verse: Apadamauliparyantam …
Beginning with the feet all the way up to the head, the form of Guru should be visualized. By doing so, all obstacles and hurdles in the path will be removed, and de sires will be fulfilled. Your glance must first fall on Guru’s feet.
Guru’s first glance must fall on the disciple’s head. Spiritual knowledge will first be transmitted into the head. The reason for offering obeisance by bowing down the head is that.
It is not necessary to remain with a lowered head. Once Guru’s glance falls on the head, it is sufficient.
Step by step, the glance of the disciple should rise from the feet, to the stomach, chest, hands, neck, and head, taking in every detail, of his footwear, clothing, garlands, and ornaments worn.
After this visualization, after seeing the feet first, the head should be raised to look at Guru’s face. This is the proper procedure for contemplation. Hereafter follow this gradual sequence of careful observation. Learn this method.
Every time you see Swamiji, his footwear must be noticed. Each type of footwear carries a unique significance. Suddenly he will appear wearing some different type of footwear. It is not because he is afraid of thorns pricking his feet.
There is a special reason for his selection of wooden padukas, rubber slippers, or even going barefoot. On one occasion he wears red clothes, and on another occasion he wears ritual clothing meant for performing austerities.
One day he just wraps himself i n a lightweight towel and has only a Tshirt on. One day he wraps a saree and is decked in all types of ornaments and decorations.
All these must be carefully observed. For the mind to get a firm impression of his form, it is asked that Guru should be medi tated upon with all such various minute details.
What type of footwear is worn conveys a particular message and hence, this detail must be noticed.
What he will wear on which day of the week, or for which specific occasion is unpredictable. By each of thes e symbols he wears, it is as if he is conveying to us an unmistakable command.
Which deity he has invoked into himself on a certain day and which deity on that day is permeating the earth with a special influence, is indicated by what Guru wears.
It also shows what exact benefit he is intending for us by wearing certain special outfits.
To know what mantra he is chanting continuously, it is important for us to contemplate upon his form very carefully with clear scrutiny. His selection of clothes, footwear, and ornaments is never random.
They are not things that he has grabbed in a hurry and has put on himself. Sometimes, when a pair of sandals is offered to him, he rejects it and requests for a different pair.
He says, I will not wear this. I will wear that. It has a special meaning. Some people visualize Guru by starting from the head and step by step going down towards the feet. This is very special.
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