A religious guru or yogi is too enthusiastic to have everyone as his disciple,***

A religious guru or yogi is too enthusiastic to have everyone as his disciple, and he will push himself on others with his advises  scriptural knowledge and authoritativeness . Religious guru or yogi wants to keep everyone in the domain of religion and yoga.

More than he wants to help people, he wants to help his ego. A serious seeker of truth will he only uses people and impose his inherited idea of religion and god on them, usually unintentionally because he himself is more unconscious than others of the ultimate truth.

A Gnani is not enthusiastic to have anyone as his disciple. He never identifies himself as a guru.  He does not impose his ideas on anyone. A Gnani sows the seed of truth by sharing Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana and tries to guide the   serious seeker and guides them. It is very difficult to identify a Gnani, because he never claims himself to be a guru or teacher.

Most people are not aware what they are really seeking. They start their pursuit with their inherited religious ideas and as they go deeper they will feel that religion and yoga are inadequate and useless in quenching their inner thirst.

A serious seeker will realize the fact that, he is looking for something else, and he is now sure it is not the self-assurance, fulfillment of dreams, fulfillment of social demands. He will realize the fact that, religion and yoga are not meant to quench his inner thirst.

A Gnani dearly cares about the serious seeker but will stay aloof, he knows that if the seeker needs to be assisted by him, he will approach or rather be drawn to approach him. He has no self-interest whatsoever and so anyone considered equally, for his love as anybody else, whoever comes, comes and if no one comes it is also fine.