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Do you copy your Guru or Mentor?

Do you copy your Guru or Mentor? When you copy your mentor or your Guru, do you really believe that you have reached their position? They say that imitation is best form of flattery! But in real life is that true and can you do it? Your mentor has very weird methods of training you and weirder ways of life. He may drink hard liquor out of straws or mix coffee with tea, so would you think that's what you too have got to do? Don't be silly, you are just proving to be a brainless jerk so don't do it. But your argument would be that shouldn't I be following what he does, even if it sounds crazy? That's how he came about to be so good, you would say! But being silly and idiotic is one thing and to copy that idiotic behavior is another. Just stay away from such show of silliness. Just be yourself and only take good and genuine stuff from your mentor. Now let's come to the spiritual domain and see how your master behaves. He is totally loco as far as you can see. He