On these twelve once you have become self realized and opened the 7th chakra, the monad (eternal guru) moves consciousness and guides your soul. The twelve main gurus are: Shiva, Babaji, Nandi Devar, Buddha, Jesus, Patanjali, Siddha Avvai, Boganathar, Thirumoolar, Agastyar, Kamalamuni, Krishna.

Making contact with your eternal guru is something that provides a source of enlightenment, deeper realization and the making of higher soul path. Even if you have not become self realized (opened the 7th chakra), having learned the source of who is guiding your conscious and spiritual evolution through your teachers is key to mastering the opening of the 15th chakra (realizing the monad).

A great key or strategy to finding out who your monad is, can be learned through deep meditation, divination, Samadhi or even through which is a great way to learn about your higher eternal monad.