makes any distinction between the two, is guilty of the crime of uniting with his Guru's wife.
In Śiva Mahāpuraṇa, there is one demon described as Apasmāraka. Understand, this one demon cannot be destroyed by anybody other than Mahādeva. And even Mahādeva can destroy Apasmāraka only in the form of Guru. Mahādeva needs to be in the form of Guru to destroy this demon. Śiva is Guru. Guru is Śiva.
Listen. Apasmāraka means forgetting your original nature. Apasmāraka covered even Devī, put her in delusion, and Devī forgot she is Ardhāngini (united part or form) of Mahādeva. Devī forgot she is part of Mahādeva and fell into apasmāra.
All of you are caught by Apasmāraka; you forgot your original truth that you are an Advaiti, you are in the non-dualistic space. Even Mahādeva cannot kill Apasmāraka by His Triśul (trident).
Śiva Purāṇa beautifully says, 'The tip of the tongue of Mahādeva, the words He utters, only through that, He can remove Apasmāraka.'
It means that only by teaching He can remove Apasmāraka; only by Guru's teachings, Guru's initiation can Mahādeva remove Apasmāraka. So, Śiva as Guru destroys the ignorance. Guru is Śiva Himself. Śiva is Guru.
The whole thing what I am doing is nothing but killing the Apasmāraka who has covered your life. You have forgotten your higher existence. You have forgotten your higher possibility. You have forgotten who you are.
First, you became a victim of your body thinking that is you and that little excitement is what is life. Then you became the victim of your mind thinking that award, reward, recognition, that is part and parcel of your life and body. Then you became victim of your own ignorance which is a mixture of body and mind; means, the powerful confusion which makes you believe it is a stable organ, the powerful confusion which resides in you which makes you believe that the stable part of you is mind.
Understand, your body-mind confusion is so powerful, just by a small headache it will put you in Apasamāra and convince you, 'Hey, you cannot even handle a headache; how can you handle the sufferings which will come when you leave the body? You are not enlightened. Listen to your body and mind and live. You are not Consciousness. Listen to your body and mind and strategize your life.'
The force and confusion which is in you and constantly asks you to strategize your life based on the idea that you are just ordinary body and mind, which gives way for powerlessness, that is what I call Apasmāra–giving way for powerlessness.
I tell you, if you are powerful, even if your bones are fractured you won't have pain, you cannot be in powerlessness. If you are powerless, no need for a fracture or anything else, just one ant is enough to put you in such a terrorized state of confusion and powerlessness! One small ant bites you, one small thorn pricks you, you will scream at everyone as if fire-crackers have been put on the back of a donkey! In Hindu villages, the kids play this game—they tie crackers in the tail of a donkey and set fire to it. The poor donkey does not know from where it is bursting! Apasmāra is not just tied to your tail; it is tied to your every part, every organ! Apasmāra means the delusion of forgetting your original identity. Forgetting the identity by the constant confusion, forgetting the identity by the constant delusion, is mind, Apasmāra.
Don't engage, entertain the continuous confusion as a permanent part of your life. The continuous confusion and delusion, when it becomes a permanent part of your life, you fall in the hands of Apasmāra.
Guru happens to destroy Apasmāra. Śiva happens as Guru to save you from Apasmāra.
(Guru is God of making you decide! Only Guru can do that)
Lakṣmī is goddess of wealth. Sarasvatī is goddess of knowledge. Durgā is goddess of power. Vāyu is god of air. Agni is the god of fire. Indra is the god of the east direction. Yama is the God of the South direction.
Kubera is the God of Wealth, which is accumulated.
Mahādeva is God of everything, other than one thing—making you decide. Nobody, not even Mahādeva can make you decide. Only one person, Guru—Guru is God of making you decide. That is why even Mahādeva has to assume the form of Guru to teach the Science of Living Enlightenment. Understand, even when Śiva assumes the form of Guru, He cannot command, He can only recommend. He cannot command you, 'Now decide to be in the Space of Advaita!' No! Śiva as Guru only can remind. Understand, even when Mahādeva takes the form of the Guru, He cannot command, He can only remind.