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92 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