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Adjust Everywhere
Adjust Everywhere
science. However, even these lessons of worldly interaction are practical and most useful.
adjust. Otherwise, you will create enmity.
Each living being is independent and is looking for happiness. He is not here to give happiness to others. In his quest for worldly happiness if he encounters sorrow instead of happiness, he will create enmity, regardless of who gets in his way, be it his wife, his children or his family.
Dadashri : Without understanding the art of worldly interaction, liberation is not possible for anyone. No amount of knowledge of the Soul alone will help because the world has to let you go. If the world does not free you, what can you do? You are a Pure Soul but only if the world leaves you alone. You are being entangled with the world. Why not free yourself as quickly as possible?
Questioner: If he has come in search of happiness and instead he finds unhappiness, does he create enmity?
Dadashri : Yes. Whether it is for a brother or a father, he will generate enmity from within. This is how the world is. In the path of liberation, (svadharma, armadharma, Spirituality of the Soul), one cannot create enmity with anyone.
You send someone to buy ice cream, he returns emptyhanded. When asked why, he tells you that half way to the store, he saw a donkey. He believed this to be a bad omen so he returned. Such wrong beliefs and superstitions have to be removed. He needs to know that God resides within that donkey too. His notion and belief of bad luck is foolish. His repulsion for the donkey reaches the God inside the donkey. He is committing a sin. In this way you can convince him not to let it happen again. This is how ignorance thrives. This is how people misadjust.
People's lives must be guided by certain principles. One must act according to circumstances at hand. He who adjusts according to the circumstances is to be applauded and respected. If one knows how to adjust in every situation, then liberation is at hand. This is a great weapon.
This Dada is thrifty, frugal, generous and completely adjustable at the same time. Generous when it comes to others. Frugal when it comes to himself. Economical when it comes to preaching, People notice that I practice thriftiness also. My economy is adjustable and top most. I even economize when using water. I am natural and spontaneous.
THE ONE WITH RIGHT BELIEF ADJUSTS
THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD RESTRICT
What is the sign of the right knowledge? When everyone else in the home misadjusts, the one with the right knowledge adiusts. To adjust in all situations is a sign of right knowledge. I am telling you all these things after having made this ultimate and subtle discovery about worldly interactions. I am showing you how to live in this world and how to attain liberation. My goal is to lessen your problems and obstacles.
Whatever you say should be acceptable to the other person. If what you say does not agree with him, then it is
First we have to learn the art of worldly interaction. People suffer because they do not understand this.
Questioner : In spiritual matters nothing excels your