“When you turn towards the source, something happens in you.”

When you turn towards the source, something happens in you. This technique can make miracles happen in your life. See, you can also visualize whenever somebody shouts at you, see empty boat in them and they are empty. That is why they are shouting. If they are fulfilled, if they are filled, they won't be shouting. They won't be shouting. Because they are empty inside, they are shouting. Just see, the empty boat is hitting your boat. Just see, the boat is empty. Suddenly you will see, please understand, I Am not asking you to practice compassion. No. There are so many fools writing books about all this positive thinking, how to control anger and all those nonsense.

These ‘How to’ books are the greatest conspiracy against human beings. No really. These guys, please never read a book which is written by an unenlightened person. Never read these so-called personality development books. They will create more problems for you. I tell you, because they are creating the software with which they are living which is so… such a dangerous thing…. Never receive ideas, read books of unenlightened person, never go for healing from an unenlightened person. When you go for this energy healings and all, never go to have from unenlightened person or the technology created by unenlightened person, because even in healing you will receive the software with which he is living. So be careful about these mystery works. Be very careful about these mystical things and never read the books written by unenlightened people, this so called, all these personality development nonsense.

Here in US, all you need to do is just read some six-seven books and create your own book. And if you just know the marketing technology it will become best seller. The other day we were talking with one publisher. He was telling Me, “It is all just marketing strategy Swamiji, nothing else.” Just a marketing strategy, nothing else. So just run away if you see the some bestsellers. They may be best sellers but not best books. Do not create…. already you have complications and why do you want to buy some more and that also paying money? Never read or try to internalize ideas or books created by unenlightened persons because these so-called personality development fellows, these anger management guys, they will teach you to practice compassion. They will change the visualization.

Understand, whether your practice compassion or love or anger, the center is other person. As long as the other person is center, you will be drained of your energy. The energy flow will be towards the other. That is the dangerous thing. That is the dangerous thing…. Here, Shiva is telling you just be out of other. Turn, straightaway turn towards the energy. He is not asking you to attend the anger based on the reasons for anger. The other day I was seeing a book. They have given a big list to have a survey or statistics. They wanted to tell you how much of anger you have and they have all nonsensical questions: How many times you get angry? How many number of times you get angry towards one person and how many times you get angry towards your family people? All these nonsensical analysis.

It is like a… in Bharatn villages I have seen these hens and chicken, they will be sitting on the garbage cans and they will be playing with the garbage can to find some food. Once you know it is a garbage, dump it completely. Why do you want to sit and analyze whether good garbage, bad garbage and these fellows are giving such a big list of questions: How many times you get angry? And how many times you get angry towards the same person? And who is that person, all those things. By the time I finished reading the questions I got angry towards that guy who wrote the book. And you will dump all these nonsensical ideas on your head. Never ever go for this, this so-called, this ‘how to’ manuals. These guys think they can replace the wisdom of Enlightenment, they can give solutions just by reading few books. No. Impossible!

Even if it takes little time, go to only Buddha. Go to enlightened person. Sometime it may look little practical, impractical, his words. You may think, “I think it will take long time” just like yesterday's monkey and mango story. You may think it is little long time but never ever go for the solutions from unenlightened persons.You will not know how many things are… how many complications you will create for yourself when you go to these unenlightened solutions, solutions by unenlightened persons. I have seen people suffering so much with these ideas of positive visualizations, creative visualizations and all. They have more problem than what they had earlier. They come and tell Me, “Swamiji, I always try to constantly do creative, positive visualization but somehow my mind goes only for the opposite. What to do?”

A small story:

One more monkey story. Bharatns are very... For Bharatns, monkey and elephant are very favorite. Elephants and monkeys are very common thing for Bharatns. That is why, first God is with a elephant head and last God is monkey head. See in the worship also, first will be Ganesha and last will be Hanuman- elephant and monkey, we are very closely connected. Anyhow, one more monkey story. One guy wanted to have some miracle powers, Siddhis. Went to a master in Himalaya, enlightened person, started asking, “Bhagwan, please give me some siddhis.”

Master said, “Arey fool, don't ask for siddhi. Ask for buddhi, intelligence.”

He said, “No, no, no, no, no. I want only siddhis.”

Master said, “No, it will create only more trouble for you. Don't ask.”

Then he started telling, “No, tell me honestly. You don't know how to give Siddhis. Don't tell, don't ask. Tell directly that you don't know.”

And this is the way they trouble Me also. Sometime I tell them, “Arey,wait. There is some.... Why can't we do things little intelligently?” “No, I think I should go to some other master.” I tell them, “Alright. Then have little suffering, okay, and then come back.” Because if you don't want to listen from master, life will teach you. See, master is a intense life. If you learn from him it is better for you. You won't waste time. You won't waste much energy and you won't waste too much of time and energy and you don't have to struggle and suffer too much. Straightaway you will learn from his research and development, but if you don't learn from Master, life will teach you. No other way. I tell them, “Alright, then learn from life. Life is My Maya, My other side. See, whenever you don't learn from Krishna, you have to learn from Radha. If you don't learn from Brahma, Purusha, you have to learn from Prakriti. If you don't learn from master, you have to learn from life. If you learn from the Purusha, means the master, that's all. Work is done. Otherwise, the Prakriti, maya will teach. I tell them, “Alright then let the Maya teach. Let suffering teach. What can be done?”

This master also thought, “Alright I will give you some medicine. You will have siddhis, miracle powers but one condition. Before drinking you should not remember monkey. Don't remember monkey before drinking.” And this is enough now to put this guy into trouble. And this guy goes to the house. Now, immediately he asked the question, “If I remember what will... What should I do?” Because you see, if I don't tell, if I just give you vibhuti and tell you, “Please apply this vibhuti.” You will really go and apply. If I tell you, “Don't remember monkey”, then you are bound to ask the question ‘if I remember.’ If I just give you the vibhuti you will never even think about monkey. Why will you think? At the most you may think of Me when you apply. Why will you think of a monkey? But if I put a condition, “Don't remember a monkey,” first thing you will ask, “If I remember what should I do?” That is what this guy asked, “If I remember what should I do?” Master said, “Take bath and then drink.” Now one more knot.

This guy goes to his house, prepared everything. A nice day. He was about to drink, “I am not supposed to remember oh, monkey. O God! I remembered! Alright, let me go and take bath.” He took bath, came back. Again he picked up the bottle. You know, “Oh! I am not supposed to remember.” Put back, go, take bath, come back. Ten times it happened. Eleventh time in bathroom itself he started shouting, “I should not remember monkey. I should not remember monkey.” He doesn't have to wait till he comes back from bathroom. In bathroom itself he started remembering. Then he is running from hall to bathroom remembering monkey. “I should not remember monkey. I should not remember monkey, I should not remember monkey.” In half an hour, he is filled with monkey and he became like a monkey!

He ran to the master, “Master, please take away your medicine and monkey. Leave me…. Enough, I had enough siddis now. No more Siddhi. Nothing is necessary. Just you please take away your medicine and the monkey sitting on all over my body…. Just liberate me from these monkeys. That is enough.” Master said, “Now you learnt the lesson.”