disciple

Shanthi(wife) tells me all the time to discipline nathan(son) who is just 3 years old. when asked a rich man how he has time for all, he said he disciplines himself. my father was called a disciplinarian when he was a principle of a college.

does shanthi wants nathan to follow all that she says? or she has rules in place that nathan should follow. Is it the rules that nathan should follow or the person(shanthi).

when you follow a person you are called a disciple. but none of my father's students are called disciples. nathan even if he follows all that shanthi says, he will never be called a disciple of shanthi.

the rich man gives the answer. he follows no human. But he follows his missions. he has set rules to achive those missions and he follows it. somebody reminds him all the time that he has to follow those rules. he is a disciple of that person whom he and we can not describes to perfection. well you may say, his mind is magically tuned to do it. if it is, why not for all.

the question is - disciple follow a person or rules. if rules, who reminds you to do it?. will any follow a master who himself not followed those rules.