In coming under the shadows of a guru, a seeker who is taken in and is taught, shown the path, and begins to walk is groomed to become another guru who shall do the same in bringing others to walk the path. That is the sole role of a guru. That is what the guru does. However, the seeker who eagerly takes the call becomes disillusioned by seeing the guru and his apparently inconsistent handling of situations and people. Doubts and confusion arise. Rather than approach his guru and gain clarification he moves out seeking another.
The seeker needs to understand that the path though traveled by many is and can be customized to the individual's upbringing, state of affairs, and mind. It is not all a square peg fitting into a square hole. Bhagawan Ramana and Osho are known to say different things to different people who come with the same wishes, desires, problems, or worries. There was no one rule or solution to address everyone's concerns.
What we tend to do is blindly follow the guru without understanding. There is a story told of a guru who fearing for its safety, had his disciples tie a cat to a pole as it was intruding into the fire ritual. When the guru had passed on the disciples continued to catch a cat and tie it to a pole whenever they performed the ceremony. No one knew the reasons. Neither did they ask the guru. Both Agathiyar and Tavayogi have told us to ask and clarify rather than follow blindly. They do not want to make us into another replica or clone that vomits the same words. They want us to experience those words. The Siddha is free of all attachments and holds. He experiments with the methods and the ways. He is encouraged to discover and share new ideas and practices. He is not expected to fit into the mold. He can travel far and wide. That is what we at AVM did. Agathiyar and Tavayogi had us break all the rules and come up with an alternative that was customized for our needs and times. They gave us leeway and space in all our undertakings. There were no rules to bind us. There was no right and wrong. We learned from experience what to upkeep and what to drop. At times they came to have us drop them giving us the reasons to do so. It was as if we attended a Siddha college in the past 22 years. We are still learning the traits of Siddhahood.