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88 The Guru and the Disciple disciples go away? If right now I had stomach cramps, would you all go away? So do not commit such a fault, do not become an opponent. Have you become an opponent of the one you used to worship and follow? Then what sort of a state will you be in? That gurupad (the status of a guru) should not go; do not look at him in any other way. But today so many people look at their gurus from different perspectives, don’t they? Reverence must not break If this (guru making a mistake) happens to your guru of forty years, even then you must not allow any changes to overcome you. You should maintain the same view about him that you always had. If not, then it would be a terrible crime. I am telling you, if you have a guru, then be very careful. If he turns out to be wild and crazy, then you must not look at the wildness and craziness in him. You should look upon him the same way you did the day you made him your guru. If I worship a guru, then no matter what he does, whether he beats me, drinks alcohol, or eats meat, I would not stop worshipping him. This is because when I saw him for the first time, he was different, and today he displays another kind of behavior because he is under the control of his prakruti. What is more, it is all happening to him against his own intent. This is what you must understand immediately. Once you have chosen and certified a diamond, then what? Does it then turn into glass? No, it remains a diamond. I will give you an example of this. Say I plant a tree myself and then I have to build a railway line. If that tree becomes an obstruction to the railway line, I would not allow that tree to be cut down. I would say that I planted, watered and nurtured it, so turn the course of the railway line. But don’t cut down this tree. For the same reason, if I have worshipped one guru, then whatever he does, my vision of him will not change. The reason for this is that he is controlled by his karma. Whatever you see is dependent upon karma. I would understand that his karmas are unfolding.