Having a teacher to guide us in any field is invaluable and this is true in spirituality as well. As spirituality is intangible in nature, it is difficult to identify with certainty who is a spiritually evolved Guru or guide. A Guru is very different to a teacher or a preacher. He is a beacon of spiritual light in our world and teaches us the universal spiritual principles that underlie in all religions and cultures. What if children were told to educate themselves in modern sciences without any teacher or any access to prior knowledge gained over centuries?
In the same way, a guide is very much required in our spiritual journey too. According to spiritual science, a person who is an authority in the field of spirituality is known as Guru. There is a saying that in the kingdom of the blind the seeing man is a king. With a highly activated sixth sense, the Guru is the total seeing person in the kingdom of the spiritually blind and ignorant. He is someone who has already walked the spiritual road under the guidance of his Spiritual Guide.
Out of the entire population of the world, few take up spiritual practice that is universal and beyond the confines of formal, organized religion. Among these few through their spiritual practice attain spiritual level of over 70%. The unmanifested Guru then works completely through some of these evolved individuals who are then known as Guru or the Guru in the human form.
In other words, a person has to be at least of the 70% spiritual level to qualify as a spiritual guide or a Guru. Guru is the one who dispels the darkness of spiritual ignorance in humanity and bestows upon them spiritual experiences and spiritual knowledge.
