Page 204 - Complete Works of Dr. KCV Volume 1

But there are people who go to many of these great Gurus or even God for the sake of becoming millionaires and so on. They want more money, property, more power and all the rest. Or, when they have lost them, they want to regain them. People who have been deposed like our princes who were given assurances and now denied the assurances in the name of "public will" or "People's Will" - whoever the 'people' are such people must really go to God. And I do not know whether Vox populi is more than 'Vox dei'. The will of the people is stronger than the will of God. So, there are many people who are in that world and most of our Gurus in the modern world are compelled to cater to this need of their disciples, much more that their soul's need and hope that by fulfilling the material needs, they will ask one day, out of the three hundred and sixty five days, for the other one also, as a concession to the teacher. With such people, I think there can be no progress at all in spirituality. I remember a particular example of a man who came to me and asked for my help and when I was hesitating about it, he said "I will join your Mission, Sir". Now, that is the Artharthi. I think nothing can be more shameful for a Guru than that the word Guru, be agreed as a concession for the spirituality whereas the main thing that is wanted is materiality. This is the most degraded doctrine.
There is a Jijnasu. Most of us are great intellectuals. We know intellect makes us enter into several systems, not for deciding as what is true, but to have a common knowledge "about all the systems. I have been there, I have been there, I have been there ... So, I know everything about them" - Yes. He may be a master of knowledge. He knows nothing in particular actually. But he has knowledge or information about everything. So that is the Jijnasu. Everybody is expected to have Jijnasa - intellectual curiosity but actually not committed to Realization.
A Jnani is one who is committed to the decision for Realization till the experience is over, either successfully or negatively. And Sri Krishna says "He is the first whom I like most. He is verily My own Self".
Master has given in the same way - the on looker, the passive looker, the money getter, and devout disciple. Now, we have all these kinds. We can find out where we are. There is no difficulty in finding out our status.