The Guru and the Disciple
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man that asks people to have faith. To the fifty thousand or so
people that come here to satsang, I tell them not to keep faith in
what I say. I tell everyone not to believe a single word I say and
do not keep faith in me. Accept what I say only if your Self accepts
it, otherwise I am not inclined towards making you accept what I
say.
Without fail, you will begin to have faith because of my
speech. Faith does not come because people have never heard
the truth and once people hear the truth, faith will come, without a
doubt. Faith is not established because the truth has not been
heard. Even if you tell them not to have faith, faith will become
established, because in general man is not willing to let go of the
truth, even if you insult him. Even if you decide that you do not
want to keep faith, here your faith will come. Even if you claim,
‘What was wrong with what I was doing before?’ faith in me will
arise; that is why one is ready to break his previous faith that he
had for such a long time; in so many lifetimes. Why is that? Because
he becomes convinced that until now everything he had heard
and seen has turned out to be wrong. When everything that you
have done so far proves to be wrong, do you not feel that all your
efforts were in vain?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: Faith will adhere to the truth. It has no choice
but stick.
Obstinate ego and greed impede faith
Nevertheless, faith does not come to some people. What