If Brahma is lost from the body, then even though all the other parts of the body are present, it does not function. That is why the Guru is needed. We go to see the Guru, we take flowers, fruits or money, but these are all illusions. The only real gift one can give to a Guru is love. Love, which everyone has, and which cannot be bought in a market.
Respect is also at the root of all relationships.
Like a father loves and respects the mother, and the mother loves and respects the father. If I was selfless, then I would have become Parabrahma and one with God. Premamayi took this small child in her lap to America, and again brought him back to India. It is not within my power to go to America. One who cannot talk, cannot sign his own name, cannot write even Bengali and can read only a little.