Guru Poem by Asit Kumar Sanyal

I wish to join the spiritual world
After my retirement
And to become a disciple
I am in search of a guru,
non-commercial, non-political
a publicity-hater guru
Who can teach me
how to count
the 7272311 nadis (veins, arteries, nerves)
in a human body
And to recognize a nadi
Where it is
He must teach me
How to distinguish one
from another.

I know each nadi vibrates
at a different speed
each has its own sound
and are related to all other sounds
Under a law
known as the grammar of nature
That describes
But not prescribes
How sounds combine to form the world
The grammar reflects the generation
Operation and destruction
Of the universe
I like to have a guru
Who can teach me that grammar
And can enlighten me.

I like to have a guru
Who can detach himself
from the body
Can enter into others
And will teach me that exclusive art
When my guru will be too old
I will ask him to leave his body
And enter into me
I don't want to become a baba
But like to tell others
Searching the wide world
I have come to the core
of my own being
All alone ….
And finally, I am with my guru.