*Glimpses of Self-Realization* - 'GOD'-'GURU'- and 'SELF' are, one and the same reality-'TRUTH'-'BEING''-'EXISTENCE'-'CONSCIOUSNESS and 'BLISS' ~ Swaathmaaraaman.

So long as duality persists in you the Guru is necessary. Because you identify yourself with the body you think the Guru, too, to be some body. You are not the body, nor is the Guru. You are the Self and so is the Guru. This knowledge is gained by what you call 'Self-Realization'.

~ Sri Ramana Maharshi

...from 'Talk 282', 16th November, 1936