64 The Guru and the Disciple
books not speak also? Nothing can come out of that, can it? The books tell you to be honest. But has anyone remained honest? For hundreds of thousands of years they have done just this, they have not done anything else. Destruction, destruction, destruction is all they have done.
Only the words of a sincere guru are effective
When you go to a guru, you should not have to do anything. If you have to, then simply tell him,‘ You go ahead and do all that. How am I going do it? Why would I have come to you if I could do it myself?’ Now why is it that a disciple is not able to do anything? It is because the one telling him to do it does not do it himself. Whenever the guru himself abides by something, his disciple too will do it without fail. Otherwise, everything is just a farce. Then the guru says,‘ You do not have the shakti( any energy). You are not doing it.’ Why does the guru look for energy in the disciple when he should be looking for it in himself? I have told everyone that that they need my energy and that there was no need for their own energy. Everywhere else, it is just the opposite! Wherever one establishes himself as a guru, he needs his own independent energy. Instead, they goad each other by saying,‘ You are not doing anything!’ Look here you! If I could do it, why would I bother coming here? Why would I take a beating in your place? This kind of nonsense continues everywhere because people of this Kaliyug time cycle do not have any understanding, otherwise, why do the gurus not give answers as I do? If the guru were clean, without doubt the disciple too would be clean. However, the fact that this does not happen means that there is something lacking in the guru. Yes, the gurus do not have any substance; they have pol( lack sincerity), this I tell you very candidly.
What do I mean when I say‘ without substance and sincerity( pol)’? If a guru smokes secretly, you, as a disciple, will not be able to stop smoking either. Otherwise, why is it not possible? It must happen exactly as you want. This used to be the custom of