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Just my two cents. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa once said that doctors are of three kinds:
1) A doctor who diagnoses the patient and prescribes the necessary medicines. He then just leaves the patient to his/her own fate. He doesn't care whether the patient uses the medicine or not.
2) The second kind is the doctor who makes the diagnoses, prescribes the required medicine and then through subtle, soft-natured manipulation, tries to ensure that the patient actually sticks to the prescribed regimen and actually recovers.
3) The third kind is extremely rare. This doctor not only prescribes the necessary medicines but also ensures to his maximum capability that the patient sticks to the course of treatment. If need be, he forces down the medicine through the patient's gullet. Such is his dedication to the patient's improvement.
The third kind is the Satguru, who by hook or crook, ensures the upliftment of His devotees. They are the truly rare ones. They will do whatever is necessary, even if it costs Them Their dignity, to cure their devotees of their delusional thinking and set them on the right path.
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