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The Guru and the Disciple
he retaliates and says to the guru, ‘Your brain does not work and
you have become my guru?’ things would get even worse.
You were bowing down to him yesterday and today you
are throwing insults at him? You can never do that to the one you
have been holding in the highest regard. Do not revere him again
if you are going to attack him.
If your guru says that you are not to go anywhere from here
after eleven, you should not do so even if your mind becomes
very restless. Some people remain completely in compliance
(aadhinta) with the guru’s instructions. But the gurus today are
so weak and inadequate, that the disciple, out of frustration, will
say, ‘This guru is useless.’ Once a disciple says this, all efforts
and achievements of the disciple go to waste.
Say a disciple has done a lot of work for the guru, say for
ninety-nine years he has done good things, and for just six months
the guru does something wrong. By criticizing the guru, the disciple
can ruin all his spiritual gains.
Therefore, if one does not remain compliant and
surrendered (aadhin) to the guru, he can ruin everything in no
time, the reason being that the relationship of a guru-disciple is
like a gunpowder factory; nothing else is like that. Only this
relationship is explosive. You may have done everything, but
this ‘explosiveness’ comes with a very heavy price. Therefore,
be very careful, be very aware, because even a small spark will
destroy ninety-nine years worth of work. In addition to that,
you will get burned.
Negative thoughts of the guru converted to positive thoughts
One man told me, ‘There is a great Sant Purush (saint),
that I go to see and whose darshan I do. But lately I am having
bad thoughts about him.’ When I asked him what kind of thoughts,
he said, ‘I have thoughts like he is worthless and wicked.’ I asked
him if he likes having such thoughts. He told me that he did not