Aptavani 02

SR No.: 007535
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation
Publication Year: 2007
Total Pages: 303
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Akram Vigyan
File Size: 34 KB

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The fault is of the sufferer. This world is not haphazard at all. It is precise and just, and it has never been unjust even for a fraction of a second.
If a man dies from a snake bite, the man is at fault. The fault of the snake will become evident when the snake is caught.
What if you loan Suleiman some money and he does not return it even after six months? Hey, who loaned the money? He fed your ego and that is why you became kind and benevolent and gave him the money. Therefore, let go of the account of debit with Suleiman and credit it to the account of the ego.
If two people get together and accuse Lakshmichand for doing them wrong, Lakshmichand will not be able to sleep all night whereas the other two will sleep peacefully. Therefore Lakshmichand is at fault. But if he remembers Dada's sentence, "the fault is of the sufferer,' he will be able to sleep peacefully, otherwise he will curse them.
The one who is hurt by a falling rock is the one at fault, and it is not merely a fault but it comes with a reward' of suffering. Suffering of paap karma is the punishment for bad deeds and if people garland you with flowers it is a result of your good deeds (punya). Nevertheless both are considered a form of suffering': one of pleasure (shata) and the other of pain (ashata).
To seek justice in the courts of Law is the greatest injustice.
caught in the door when the child closes it. You suffer because of your mistake. What should you say to the child? Tell the child, "See! Because you were playing with the door my finger got caught in it. Don't do that again." You should make him understand this way. Instead people would beat the child. The fools! Why are you causing another entanglement?
Some husbands get angry with their wives if her cooking not taste good. The fools! They get tasteless food because of their own mistakes.
People say that there is suffering as long as there is a body. No, the suffering is there as long as there are mistakes (bhool). 'We do not have to suffer anything precisely because 'we do not have any mistakes.
When your wife puts eye drops in your eyes and the eyes hurt, the fault is yours. The fault is of the sufferer, that is what the vitarags say and yet people blame the nimit.
The law that "Fault is of the sufferer' will lead to moksha. If someone asks 'us', "How can I find my fault?" 'We' would teach him, "Wherever you have to suffer, that is where your faults lie. You have to investigate what kind of a fault it was that you had to suffer so." When one suffers all day long, then he needs to find out which mistakes were committed.
How do 'we' understand that the other person is at fault? "We' see the 'home department' (the Self) and the foreign department' (the non-self) of the other person as distinct and separate. 'We do not say anything if mistakes occur in the foreign department, but 'we' have to alert him if anything happens in the home department. There should be no hindrance on the way to moksha.
By accepting, "The fault is of the sufferer". you eliminate the puzzle from one side and by saying 'vyavasthit you eliminate it from the other side.
You are whole and sole responsible for yourself. The one who hurts you is just a nimit (apparent doer) but the main mistake is yours. Those who come to help you or harm you are all nimit. Everything happens to you because of your karmic accounts.
You cannot get angry with the child if your finger gets