The Guru and the Disciple 127
Every human being has beggary for fame and respect. When you ask anyone,‘ Do you have knowledge of how much beggary you have in you? Do you have any kind of beggary?’ He will reply that he has none. Oh ho ho! If someone were to insult you right now, we would find out how strong the beggary for respect lies within!
One may be a brahmachari( one who practices celibacy) with reference to interaction with females, he may not have any beggary for money, but there will be all other kinds of beggary for fame. He will have beggary for disciples, for fame, and countless other things. There is even beggary for disciples! He will say,‘ I do not have any disciples.’ Now, what do the scriptures say? The scriptures say that the one, who comes naturally, without your searching, is a disciple.
God moves away from beggary
That is why I use the word bheekh – beggary. Others do not use this word; they use trushna. Use the word‘ bheekh’! That way, at least people’ s beggary will go away. What does trushna mean? It means thirst. Whether a person feels thirsty or not, is not important. But this is your bheekh. How can God exist where there is beggary? This word‘ bheekh’ is such that one will hang without being hanged!
You can see the world as it is, only after your beggary goes away completely. As long as there is any beggary in me, I will not see others as being beggars. When your own beggary goes away, then everyone will appear as beggars.
One attains the state of Gnani when bheekh( beggary) of every kind goes away. When does one attain the state of Gnani? When his every bheekh goes away – bheekh for money, bheekh for sex, any kind of bheekh!
If a person has no bheekh, then he is a God or a Gnani, or whatever you want to call him. It is because of bheekh that the