This was another new insight into the whole guru concept for me. However, this guru is quite different from the previous ones I read about. Faqir Chand is probably the most guru-like of all the gurus I have read about, but that's not because he can "miraculously" solve people's problems. It is because he understands his role as a leader is to change a faulty way of thinking that his people have been blindly following. Faqir Chand's secret is that there is neither gods nor religions. There is only oneself.
In this life, the only thing you can truly rely on is yourself. People often turn to religion in order to answer their questions and solve their problems, which isn't exactly a bad thing because it can give them a more meaningful life, but in order to truly appreciate life, I believe people have to realize that they have to realize that their life is their own doing. Faqir states that he doesn't know whether he is right or wrong, yet people still blindly follow his teachings. This just proves that many groups of people around the world are in dire need of the ability to consider the possibility that their religion could be wrong. Hopefully, the true teachings of Faqir were not completely wasted.
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