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The Guru and the Disciple
Hand over your miseries to the Gnani Purush
Many people come here and leave some of their money.
You do not need to leave your money here; here you have to ask
for money. Is this a place to give things? Do you have to give
anything to the emperor of the universe? On the contrary, you
have to ask him to remove all your difficulties. Give your money
to a guru. He may be in need of clothes or something else. The
Gnani Purush does not need anything.
One businessperson had three large trunks delivered to
where I lived in Santa Cruz in Mumbai. Then he came to meet
me. I asked him what the trunks were. ‘Nothing, but just a
token…if not the whole flower then even a petal…,’ he replied.
Then I asked him if he had any difficulties or problems, so he told
me that he wanted a child. In what life did you not have children?
You had children when you were a dog, a donkey, a monkey; in
which life did you not have children? You still ask for children?
Even when God is pleased with you, you still ask for children?
And you come to me with a bribe? You have come to taint me
with your filth? If I become filthy, to whom will I pass on the filth?
Go and spread your filth on the gurus out there. Those poor gurus
do not get any ‘filth.’ How did you bring this problem here? So he
replied, ‘Sir, please bless us.’ I replied, ‘Yes I will bless you, I will
use some influence.’
As far as your problems are concerned, all I have to do is
to pick up the ‘phone’ and call the dev-devas (celestial beings in
ready service of the Gnani Purush). All I have to do is act as an
intermediary and carry out the exchange. Otherwise, the Gnani
Purush does not get involved. The Gnani Purush does not meddle
in such things, but he is here to listen to people’s miseries, is he
not? He is here to get rid of all the problems, is he not? If you
have difficulties, come and ask for money. Now, I do not give out
money, but I will make the appropriate calls; just do not be greedy.
Come only if you have difficulty and I will do everything, but only