The guru cannot awaken you; all that he can do is to point out what is. The guru can give you words; he can give you an explanation, the symbols of the mind, but the symbol is not the real, and if you are caught in the symbol, you will never find the way.
Life is a journey towards the unknown. An empty mind is useful in that journey rather than a mind filled with past.
You are the centre of that world. That is the world you live in. Now how will you change the world? By changing yourself.
Action has meaning only in relationship and without understanding relationship, action on any level will only breed conflict. The understanding of relationship is infinitely more important than the search for any plan of action.
