Why Seekers Lose Faith in True Gurus Most people approach a guru carrying the full weight of their worldly life: their ambitions, their fears, their relationships, their financial worries, and their desire for comfort and security. They expect the guru to solve these problems the way a doctor cures a disease or a lawyer wins a case. When this does not happen in the manner they expect, disillusionment sets in. But the problem here does not lie with the guru. It lies in a fundamental misunderstanding of what a guru is meant to do. Worldly problems are, in essence, self-created. They arise from desire, attachment, ego and ignorance of one's true nature. A guru who is authentic does not exist to remove these symptoms one by one, because doing so would only strengthen the very attachment that causes suffering in the first place. A true guru works at the root, not the branches. What the Scriptures Say The Bhagavad Gita repeatedly emphasizes that liberation comes from inner transfor...