Acharya Prashant addresses the question of how to identify a true Guru by first reframing the inquiry. He suggests that instead of asking how to identify a true Guru, the question should be, "How can we become someone who does not turn their face away when a true Guru appears?" The problem lies not in finding a method to test a Guru, but in the seeker's own state. The questioner wants a method to identify the right Guru while remaining as they are, but this is a flawed premise. As long as we are in our current state, we are unlikely to correctly identify anything, be it the right job, the right house, or the right Guru. We get the Guru we deserve; if we are wrong, we will get a wrong Guru. The path to finding a true Guru begins with becoming a worthy disciple. This worthiness, or eligibility, comes from developing a genuine and intense thirst for Truth. This thirst arises when one recognizes their own inner falsehood. The one who sees that they are wrong is the one who becomes right. When you become right, the right Guru is not far. The right Guru may appear in any form—as a person, a book, a tree, a river, or even online. It is possible that the true Guru is always present, but we fail to recognize them because we are internally false and already committed to other false gurus. The Self (Atma) is the first Guru. When you are prepared and ready, the formless Self will present a teacher in a tangible form. To accept the right, one must first have the eligibility for it. This eligibility is born from seeing one's own falsehood. The ego resists this, clinging to its achievements and social status as proof of its rightness. However, truth is found only by those who can see and reject falsehood, starting with their own. When you become honest about your own internal falsehoods, your perception becomes sharp enough to see through the falsehoods of others, and you will not be fooled by a false guru.