Sentimentally and emotionally sticking to physical Guru or yogi will block Self- realization.+

The Guru who pretends he to be Self- realized and plays with the emotions and sentiments of the seeker is a fraud not a Gnani.

Only perfect understanding of what is what’ leads to truth realization. The truth- realization is Self-realization. Self-realization is God-realization.

If you are seeking truth nothing but the truth then you must not get stuck to any Guru or yogi. Those who are seeking truth need not follow any Guru or any teaching.

Yoga Vasistha says:~ Self-knowledge or knowledge of truth is not had by resorting to a Guru (preceptor) nor by the study of scripture, nor by good works: it is attained only by means of inquiry inspired by the company of wise (Gnani). One’s inner light alone is the means, naught else. When this inner light is kept alive, it is not affected by the darkness of inertia. 

There is no need to condemn Gurus, but there is need highlight how they become an obstacle in realizing the ultimate truth or Brahman.

Swami Vivekananda said: ~   “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher, but your own Soul.”

The Guru is useless so long as the ultimate truth is unknown, and Guru is equally useless when the ultimate truth or Brahman   has already been known.

A Guru is needed in religious and the yogic path.  There is no need for a Guru to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Remember:~

The Gurus and yogis belong to the religion. The Gurus and yogis have egocentric dualistic knowledge. Thus, their knowledge is limited to the domain of form, time, and space. Whatever is based on the form, time and space belong to the dualistic illusion. Whatever belongs to the dualistic illusion is ignorance.

The Gurus and yogis dominate the ignorant populace and Gurus and yogis are not Gnanis. Their views and judgment are based on a dualistic perspective. They simply go on fabricating ornaments words and theories and creating an illusion in the minds of people posing themselves as authentic Seers, enlightened people. The worship or glorifying Gurus does not free one from ignorance

In the olden days, men were primitive in their thought so that a man having little knowledge was considered a genius. Nowadays our knowledge is so advanced that the genius of those days would be an ordinary man of today. Therefore if one finds truth, free his -Self from the tyranny of environment and tradition, not by condemning them but by examining and testing them by deeper Self-search o find out whether they be true or not.

Accept nothing on the authority of Godmen or genius of the past or present but only if it proves true after the examination.

Sentimentally and emotionally sticking to physical Guru or yogi will block Self- realization. No Guru can transmit wisdom to you. You have to do your own homework.

The like-minded people are always willing to examine facts and judge them calmly whereas the religious scholars and intellectuals will be immune to all facts and hold hard to their delusions. Such people do not want the truth but only what pleases them. This is because of their egocentric attitude. Their attitude is “What pleases them is the truth, what they dislike is false.

The worship or glorifying Gurus does not free one from ignorance. The rewards are none to them, the reward achieved in their lives is of consequence and not the result of worshiping and glorifying the Gurus.

People always need some sort of hope when their minds are not yet enlightened. "Self' is closer to man than his own veins. "With the Self- Knowledge, one will begin to know the ultimate truth, to finally realize the fact that, the Self is not the form and becomes conscious that the ‘Self’ is the ‘Spirit’.

Most people lack the patience and perseverance in investigating and collecting all the data before judging: hence they assume Gurus or Godmen are great because other people say so, or that he is wise because he himself says so, or that what he teaches is true because it attracts them. Such an attitude and easy assumptions become an obstacle to fold the truth and it requires some trouble to put into effect. : ~Santthosh Kumaar