Guru literally means remover of darkness, one who can enlighten you. We usually take it to mean a guide or teacher, and certainly the term has infiltrated pop culture, like a fashion guru or a sex guru. A real guru is different from a teacher. If you think of the spiritual path as the road home to your true Self, a teacher is someone standing next to you pointing and giving directions, while the guru is up the road ahead, beckoning to you from your destination.
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