Guru Purnima

Guru Purnima is the day the first guru was born. In the yogic culture, Shiva is not seen as a god, he is seen as the Adiyogi, or the first yogi. Guru Purnima is that full moon day when the first yogi transformed himself into the Adi Guru – the first guru. This is the time of the year when his attention fell upon the now celebrated Saptarishis – his first seven disciples.

Over 15,000 years ago, when the solstice had shifted from the summer solstice to the winter, on that day Adiyogi looked at the Saptarishis and saw that they had become shining receptacles of knowing. They had done some simple preparation for 84 years and he could not ignore them anymore. He observed them closely and when the next full moon rose, he decided to become a guru.

That full moon day is known as Guru Purnima. He turned south and the transmission of yogic science to the seven disciples began.

The yogic science is not about how to bend your body or hold your breath. This is the science of understanding the mechanics of the human mechanism and to be able to dismantle or put it together.

Adiyogi made a dimensional change in the way people perceive and understand the existence and the source of creation. And he made himself a bridge between, he said, “If you walk this, there will be no distinction between you and that which you refer to as the creator.” The journey is from creation to the creator.

Guru Purnima was one of the most important festivals in the nation. People celebrated it irrespective of caste or creed because in this country, the most important thing was not wealth or money. Knowledge or knowing was considered the highest value. A teacher or guru was considered the highest entity in society because knowing is the most important thing. Most people are not even aware that this is the most significant day.

Adiyogi put the idea that a human being can evolve beyond his present dimensions of existence and he gave the tools to make that into a reality can evolve beyond his present limitations and go into a completely different dimension of experience, existence and access into the existence.
Courtesy : isha.sadhguru.org