In the pursuit of Jnana (Knowledge), the seeker eventually disappears, for the seeker is after all the sought. There is just this One-ness remaining. Do not try to describe this One-ness, for as soon as you do, you are out of it. Just like one cannot describe the experience of deep sleep while in deep sleep, the same way one cannot try to describe the feeling of One-ness. There are no words to describe IT. Yet, there is no denying IT, for the feeling is always and ever present for every single being. "Then, why can't I feel it?' is perhaps the most common question from a seeker. The answer is simple yet overlooked. You are simply ignoring IT. The mind turned outwards is the world, the universe and the objects. The mind turned inwards merges into the Source (call It by whichever name you want). Then, who remains to ask this question?
The seeker will have an intuitive feeling of re-discovery of the Source. How? There arises in him/her, an intense devotion for the Guru. An intense love for the Guru. An intense sense of gratitude towards the Guru. Tears of love, joy, gratitude, peace, and devotion will flow spontaneously towards the Guru. For, after all the Guru has embraced you completely. So completely that you have disappeared and become one with the Guru. The only way to repay the debt to the Guru, is to always and constantly think of the Guru.
For those seekers who think that the paths of Jnana (Knowledge) and Bhakti (Devotion) are two different paths, may eventually come to realize that Devotion is the end result. Hence there is a saying that Devotion is the mother of Knowledge (Jnanamata).
