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anyone. When will a person attain anything if he remains suspicious? Do you understand this theory?
Straightness saradata means to accept readily whatever the other person says , even if it means there is a possibility of being cheated in the process. One, two or five people may cheat you, but you will find one out of five-hundred who will not. Otherwise, you will not find that true person, will you? Is this not a good system? You will be cheated only if it is in your unfolding karma prarabdha, otherwise who will cheat you? As you move through life being cheated, one day you will find that truth.
What is meant being straight? Being told, “This train is going to Ahmedabad', he will get on board readily. That is called being straight. Whereas the other person will question “What's the guarantee that this train will take us to Ahemdabad? Let's ask someone else?' By that time the train will leave, will it not? Many trains (opportunity to attain the right path) have left and he remains standing exactly where he has always been.
What is straightness? For example, if you cook fresh okra, it will readily cook with the right flavor as a result. That is called straight. And what is not straight, complicated? The okras that have been refrigerated. What will happen to the okras that have been placed in the fridge? They will not bend to cook well. Similarly, the Lord says that a person who is straight and without guile will attain moksha. The one who is not striaght will not make any progress on this path.
Questioner: It appears that we will find everything wherever we go but there is a lack of straightness there.
Dadashri: There is no straightness to be found. The following qualities are not found anywhere. You do not see spontaneous forgiveness sahaj kshma anywhere. If you say something to someone, that person cannot not refrain form making an intense mental note nondha; he will remember it for months on end. Not keeping a note is called natural forgiveness. Then what is next? Then there is the quality of being harsh or callous kathor. There are all kinds of harshness. Then there is all kind of insistence aagraha. A person with these qualities will not have any straightness in him and so no matter how hard one tries change him, he will not change. He has no humility namrata, in addition to the lack of straightness. You will need topmost straightness. Then you need topmost humility. What is humility? It
| SR No. | 007513 |
| Book Title | Aptavani 09 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Gnani Purush Dadashri |
| Publisher | Gnani Purush Dadashri |
| Publication Year | 2007 |
| Total Pages | 515 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English & Akram Vigyan |
| File Size | 8 MB |