Again, it is my belief system being presented here, which includes thinking what I have heard from other Gurus to be correct.
I think Guru dev was an enlightened being, this means there is no greater or lesser among the class of enlightened beings, and if he had disciples, then yes, a Sat Guru. Those surrendering to him, nice gesture however when the ego is up against a living Guru, it will be put to rest much faster. In surrendering to a Guru in visions, also getting appointed a certain status, it is being filtered through the ego of the seeker, and therefore while it may be right some of the time, it often may not be. It amounts to saying I don't need a Guru for I have my own internal Guru. This is ego at play, and it will win and hold it 's throne. Yes, it is very easy to surrender to Guru dev, but the truth of the matter is the path is not going to be easy most of the time. There are very rare one's that can do it on their own with their internal Guru, and thinking you are one of those rare one's is again the ego holding it's position as great, along with identifications of body, mind and conditionings. Yes, this is the sort of thing I have heard from my Guru and I believe this to be the case- naturally, not all believe as I do. To go along with having the internal Guru as your Guru, there will be signposts along the way that will be misinterpreted as the goal or more than what it is, possible fascination with visions, etc- but enlightenment is beyond this. Here is a link to one claiming enlightenment and being appointed by non other than shiva directly- in our yahoo group- the light stands, you can see the chat which was deleted by this man when he was challenged: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-YHgb5-HM0
