A Reflection for Guru Purnima.

What Is Guru Purnima and Why It Matters on the Twin Flame Path

Today (10 July 2025) is Guru Purnima in India. A good opportunity to reflect on why the Guru culture is so important there. And to explore if you need a spiritual guide on your own awakening journey.

Whether or not you’re familiar with Indian traditions, Guru Purnima is a sacred time to honor the teacher or guide who helps you walk your path, especially the parts you can’t walk alone.

What a Guru Truly Is… and Isn’t

In Western culture, the word “guru” gets thrown around a lot. It’s often used as a trendy marketing term, like “fitness guru” or “business guru.” But that’s not what it means in its original context.

In India, a Guru is a spiritual teacher, someone who helps you move from darkness to light. The word “guru” literally means “dispeller of darkness.”

I’m not an expert on Indian culture, but I’ve had the honor of learning from friends. Being part of a community where people hold deep reverence for the Guru has helped me understand how sacred this role is. It’s not about worshipping a person. It’s about honoring someone who’s ahead of you on the path, someone who teaches you how to find Love/God for yourself.

Think of a Guru like a big brother or sister with more life experience, someone who loves you unconditionally because you’ve built a relationship of trust. Sometimes, love looks like a warm hug or someone holding space for your tears. Sometimes, love looks like accountability and helping you stay consistent with your spiritual practice.

Yogananda, a well-known spiritual teacher, often shared how his own Guru, Sri Yukteswar, would challenge him. The path wasn’t always smooth, but the trust established on the results that came from their relationship far outweighed the challenges.

Sri Yukteswar on the left and Yogananda on the right

Why Indian Spirituality Still Guides Us Today

We owe so much to Indian spiritual tradition. Yoga, for example, isn’t just a physical exercise. It’s a full spiritual path. It helps you reconnect with your body and your divine self. We find the “essence of Twin Flames” in Indian spiritual texts as well..

When two souls come together and bring out the wholeness in each other and ultimately unite with Spirit, that union is a true marriage. — Yogananda

Twin Flames are actually older than any term or language. Even if they weren’t always called that, the connection has existed since the beginning of time. And some of the most beautiful love stories in Indian spirituality reflect this truth. My personal favorites? Radha and Krishna. Lord Rama and Sita as well.

Their story isn’t just romantic—it’s deeply symbolic of what it means to long for union with the Divine. And it’s a perfect mirror of the Twin Flame experience: love that is eternal, spiritual, and transformative.

The Twin Flame Journey and the Role of the Guru

Did you know the term “Guru” as we use it today was first brought into the Twin Flames Universe teaching by Indian students in 2019? That detail always stayed with me, it felt like a nod to where this journey finds its deeper spiritual roots.

In Life Purpose Class #97, there's a quote that really sums up the role of the Guru:
“You have to do it on God’s terms, because these are the rules. Not my (Guru) rules… but God’s rules.”

I feel this sums up the guru-student relationship. Gurus are wayshowers. They’re not here to replace your relationship with God, they guide you closer to your own Divine relationship with God.

Because the truth of the Twin Flame journey is this: it’s about getting closer to God. That’s what your Twin Flame mirrors to you, your true Divine relationship. There’s no shortcut around that. This isn’t the kind of love you can manifest through a vision board or a lucky full moon ritual. It’s not a game or a quick fix. It’s a deep spiritual journey.

If that reassures you, God isn’t some angry figure sitting on a throne, waiting to punish you. That’s just dogma—old beliefs passed down that don’t reflect the true nature of Divine Love. The real God is often buried beneath all the noise of the world: war, fear, self-doubt, religious guilt. And that’s where a Guru comes in. A Guru helps you sift through that noise and find the truth.

What Guru Brought Into my Life

Yogananda’s mission was to help people reach self-realization through yoga.

Now, we can reach self-realization through love itself, through romantic partnership, intimacy, union, sex, vulnerability. This kind of path didn’t necessarily exist before. It wasn’t safe or possible for most people. But now, for the first time in history, we can awaken through the very thing most of us crave the most: deep, lifelong love.

That’s why the idea of “Twin Flames” is both ancient and brand new. The truth has always been there. But the opportunity to actually live in Harmonious Union? That’s very recent.

And that’s why a little guidance goes a long way. Because this is new territory. You might be feeling things you don’t know how to explain. You might feel called to someone without logic. You might be healing lifetimes of pain just by choosing to love again.

That’s why I have a Guru.

Having a Guru changed my romantic life, yes. But it also changed my life as a whole. Because achieving Twin Flame Union means learning to have a relationship with love in every way. In no specific order, I learned:
- to claim my power and advocate for myself. Basically grow a backbone.
- to stop making myself small.
- to start sharing my art (before that I would delete things before I even posted them, or they would stay in my drafts).
- to have a thriving life and career.
- to heal generational trauma.
- to overcome challenges linked to racism, skin color and other social issues.
- to believe in myself and follow my good feeling and intuition.
- to accept myself as I am.
- to love another unconditionally.
- to resolve conflicts with my Twin Flame instead of letting them sit and fester.
- to organize my life supporting my neurodiversity, in a world that’s not really built for neurodivergent people.
- to be okay with exploring things and being wrong. But saying “yes” because God often have many gifts for us, even in “failure".”

Closing Blessing for Guru Purnima

Happy Guru Purnima to Jeff and Shaleia.

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