You have to hold on to me very strongly. I will not guarantee. I will keep jumping from one birth to another very fast. You have to cling to me like a baby monkey clings to its mother. When I start moving faster, you should follow me like a fish.

A mother fish leads its children only by its vision (Drishti). It merely issues directions from its eye. And as we know fish move so fast in the vast ocean. The ocean is full of dangers! The mother fish cannot carry her many baby fish, which run into thousands. Hence she only guides by issuing commands with her eyes. The baby fish understand her commands and follow them.

Similarly, I cannot carry you along. In some situations, I have held you tightly just as a monkey does. I cannot do that always. I have to carry the new baby monkeys. I will let go of you. At such times, you should not think you’ve been left alone. It is actually your promotion.

Swamiji does this. You have to follow His direction. Only then you will be a true disciple. If you start complaining that He is not supporting you like He did previously, He doesn’t smile at you, He doesn’t talk to you, you will remain in the same class, with no progress. You have to progress. Is it my job to always pamper you? I have to sculpt the rock in order to beautify it.

(Q&A Session, 12 June 2016)