My own experience, and my observation of those whom I consider to have most successfully achieved the “goal” of meditation practice, does not corroborate your theory. The realized people I know, on this forum and in my personal life, tend to be dynamic, clear-thinking, decisive, even forceful individuals who are above average in their ability to fulfill their desires. They are not meek, submissive, subservient, or drained. They tend to respect the guru or gurus from whom they have learned, but are quite independent of them now, thinking their own thoughts and putting things in their own terms based on their own experience. It is the goal of true gurus to produce such individuals. Gurus are just people who are farther up the mountain, or perhaps sitting on its summit. They can be useful in pointing out the best route up, or in reminding you that you haven’t reached the summit if you’re sitting on your butt thinking you have. To my understanding, you don’t unite with gods by using a bija mantra. You transcend the mantra and realize the ground state of all existence, including the gods’ existence. The realized people I know don’t see themselves as having united with a god. They see all life – from ants to gods – as being particles or facets of their infinite nature.
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