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he can do to become happy and what actions on his part bring unhappiness. Not knowing what is in his best interest, he tries to imitate others. Who should one imitate? One should imitate the one who is intelligent. But there is nobody with such intelligence around. The reason for this is that as long as the belief of 'I am Chandulal' exists, you are an imitation yourself. Only the real One (the Gnani Purush) merits imitation. What would you gain from imitating an imitation? Realization of the Real will give results.
Only the Gnani is Real, all others are imitations. You should never mimic others. It is fashionable nowadays to imitate others. People imitate the way they walk, the way they talk, sleep or sit.
In Satyug (the era of the golden age) people were aware of their Self-interest in their worldly life. In those days there was no impurity of conduct. People were virtuous. But nowadays there is immoral conduct everywhere and so how can there be any awareness of one's Self-interest? People have learnt adverse conduct by watching others. No one has ever sought within and used what really exists within (the Self).
As your awareness of your Self-interest (for the Soul only) grows, your speech will start to become free of attachment. It will begin to become pure and everyone around you will begin to accept it whether they are friends or foe.
In every passing moment you should have the awareness of that which hurts or helps your Self-interest. There are only two things you have to be aware of: who you are and what in the relative life is good or bad. The pure Self will never deceive or delude anyone. It is only the worldly life that is deceitful and because of this you should be extremely cautious and keenly aware of what is good and bad for your Selfinterest. No one would drink insecticide (poison) on purpose -
Everyone should have certain principles in life but they must also adjust according to the circumstances. He who adjusts to his circumstances is worthy of his existence as a man. Adjustment is such a powerful tool that if you know how to adjust to every circumstances, it will take you all the way to moksha. Adjust with every one who 'disadjusts' with you. There are inherent disadjustments amongst mother-in-laws, daughterin-laws, sister-in-laws etc. But the one who wants liberation from this never ending cycle of worldly life, will have to adjust. Even in marriage if one of the spouses goes on tearing', the other should go on 'mending': only then the relationship will last and peace prevail. Those who do not know how to adjust, people will consider them insane. There is no need for being stubborn or persistent in the relative life. Just adjust everywhere. You should adjust even with a thief. The plight of modern man is like that of a blindfolded ox in the oil mill. How can he escape the trap of going round and round?
Once I had gone for a bath but someone had forgotten to put a tumbler in the pail of hot water for me. I am a Gnani and Gnanis always adjust. The water poured out for me in the bucket was too hot and the cold water tank was empty. I adjusted to my situation and took a bath by slowly rubbing the water on my body. All the mahatmas were wondering why Dada was taking so long. But what else could I do? I had to let the water get cold. I would never ask anyone to bring me this or that. I would somehow just adjust. To adjust is dharma-one's duty. In this world you have to adjust with both the negative and the positive; the negative has to be turned into positive and the positive into negative. If someone were to criticize my wisdom I would tell him that he is right and adjust immediately.
