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Questioner: But people have money their whole life?
Dadashri: If this is 1977 then you will not have the money you had in 1966.
Questioner: Where did this eleven-year rule come from?
Questioner: I cannot just push him away but somehow I tolerate him, by suppressing the mind.
Dadashri: That is abhorrence (dwesh). That is how you continue to have raag-dwesh.
What does the Vedanta say about why human beings cannot become Parmatma (the absolute Self)? It is because of the presence of mud (impurity), vikshepa (distraction or restlessness of the mind; projecting the illusion) and agnan (ignorance of one's real Self). The Jain theory states it is because of the presence of raag (attachment). dwesh (abhorrence) and agnan (ignorance of one's real Self). Agnan (ignorance) is definitely common to both teachings. So the support is destroyed if ignorance goes away.
Effects continue automatically, but one creates causes within; one supports (new) causes by saying, 'I said it... I did this...', etc., Actually, in effect no one has to do anything. Effects occur naturally but one supports them by saying, 'I am the doer'. That is an illusion (bhranti) and that verily is the cause.
Questioner: What is the cause of that cause?
Dadashri: Ignorance. The root cause is ignorance. The Gnani Purush removes this ignorance.
Link of Wealth Who is rich? It is the one whose mind is as noble as a king's. He will spend money whether he has the money or not.
Grains become lifeless (nirjiv) in three to five years and after that they will not sprout. Money changes every eleven years. If a man with an asset of twenty five million has no income for eleven years, he will not even have a dime to spend. Just as medicines have expiration dates, money has an expiration date of eleven years.
Dadashri: Just as medicine has expiration dates of two years or six months, and grains have an expiration period of three to five years, money too has an expiration date of eleven years.
Money is transient wealth. Two hundred years, or so, ago if a Vania (business man) had one hundred thousand rupees, he would buy twenty five thousand rupees worth of property, twenty five thousand rupees worth of gold and jewelry, invest twenty five thousand in bonds-interest bearing instruments and invest the remaining twenty five thousand in his business. If he needed money for his business he would borrow five thousand or so from somewhere. This was their system. So then how would he become bankrupt fast? He had secured all four sides for himself. The Vanias today do not do this.
If someone who has not taken Gnan comes to me for advice and tells me, 'I cannot make any headway no matter how hard I try', I would tell him, 'At the moment your paap (sin, demerit karma) is in operation, so even if you were to borrow money from someone, you will be robbed on your way home. For the time being just stay at home and read whatever scriptures you normally do and continue praying to God.'
Questioner: If everything depends on merit and demerit karmas, then what is the point of filling in a tender-bidding for a contract?
Dadashri: That tender is being filled in accordance with the unfolding of merit and demerit karmas. Thus I tell you to fill
