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such bad habits. He sees others as flawless. Gnan is such that it does not allow anyone to see faults anywhere.
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People's faults are their sewers. One does not go around opening the sewers in the streets. Even a small child will not do so. Since you have a kitchen you are bound to have a draining gutter, but you should not open the gutter. Everyone has certain faults - some people may have anger, others may be impatient - to see these faults is the same as opening a sewer. You should rather see their virtues. The only sewer worth looking at is your own. Your own gutters are clogged up and yet you are unaware of it. And even if you were aware of this, what can you do? Such negativity, seeing faults in others, has become part of one's nature. People read the scriptures and recite, 'Do not speak ill of anyone', and yet they never cease to do so.
If you speak ill of others, no matter how little, the damage is done for sure. No one opens the sewer lids in the streets and yet they keep opening the lids of other people's sewers.
Criticizing someone is like cashing in a ten-rupee note and getting back only one. The person that criticizes others will always be at a loss. You should not expend your energy where you have nothing to gain. You waste away your energies when you criticize others. If you become aware that instead of grinding sesame seeds for oil you are indeed grinding sand, is that not a waste of your time and energy? Why expend your time and energy when you know you have nothing to gain, on the contrary, you lose valuable time and energy. Criticizing others is like washing other people's laundry while dirtying your own in the process. Mooah! (one who is dying) when will you wash your own?
powerful. Each sentence incites one to start thinking. Because this speech comes from the heart of the Gnani, it is incarnate Saraswati (Goddess of Knowledge).
Memory Questioner : Dada, why is it that the past cannot be forgotten?
Dadashri : The past is something that you cannot forget when you try to forget it and it cannot be recalled when you wish to. Everyone in the world wishes to forget the past but without the presence of Gnan, the world will not fade into oblivion.
Your memory exists because of your raag and dwesh (attachment and abhorrence). The greater the attachment or abhorrence for a particular thing, the more you will remember it. A woman may go to her father's home to forget her motherin-law, but she will not be able to do so because of abhorrence towards her. She will also keep thinking about her husband because she has attachment towards him. That is because of the happiness he gives her. You remember what makes you the most happy or unhappy because there is attachment or abhorrence there. If you erase the association of the attachment or the abhorrence, that memory will disappear. The thoughts that come to you automatically is memory. When attachment and abhorrence is erased (through Gnan), their memory will cease and only then does the aura of liberation appear on your face. Your smile will exude liberation. Memory creates a pull and tension and this strains the facial expressions. Your mind remains in tension all the time and that is why your face never radiates with freedom. Everyone's memory differs. What you remember may not be the same as what others remember. This is because everyone's abhorrence and attachment differs. Memory exists through attachment and abhorrence.
I keep using the word 'mooah', what do I mean by it? Mooah is a very profound word. There is mild rebuke in it but no contempt. Even though I speak a rural dialect, it is very
