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stomach, or does thirst also arise ("becomes alight')?
Questioner: Thirst also arises.
Dadashri: Therefore, thirst too arises ("becomes alight'). does it not? Is it put out when you add water to it?
Questioner: Yes. Dadashri: Fatigue also arises ("becomes alight')? Questioner: Yes, fatigue also arises ("becomes alight).
Dadashri: When fatigue arises ("becomes alight'), 'it takes a rest of an hour; does sleep arise ('becomes alight')?
Questioner: Yes, it arises ("becomes alight), Dadashri: So all this arises ("becomes alight').
Therefore the Lord has said that this human life is meant for putting out all that becomes alight'. Whereas one may ask, 'Lord, I have put out all that was on fire, what else do I have to do?" the Lord says, 'Keep taking my name and make preparations to be liberated.' Having been people with nobility, in mind, speech and acts (arya praja), you are all worthy of liberation.
I told one man, 'people in your neighborhood are very honest and honorable, so there must not be any stealing in that street'. He told me, "If we got rid of the police substation from there, then we would see what would happen. Then people there would not leave behind even the water jugs that are sitting in the toilets!' So it is just like you said, it is fear that prevents people from stealing and wrongdoing. There would be no problem if there was no fear at all, would there be?
Questioner: Then there would be no problem. Dadashri: Would you steal something that you like? Questioner: I would get the things I like.
Dadashri: Would you take bricks of gold if they were lying around?
Questioner: If that were the case, everyone's mind would be tempted.
Dadashri: People's minds are not that steady. Their minds are steady out of fear. Kaviraj one day tells me that the government has to employ police to keep these unworthy people in line and the burden of the cost for doing this falls on the good people who have to pay taxes. There must be many for whom there is no need to keep police security.
Obstacles Caused by Conflicts A magistrate, who after a quarrel with his wife, is not on speaking terms with her for two months, and yet when he goes to court he slaps a seven year sentence on someone. Hey you! Why do you walk around sulking with a sour face in the home? Why don't you settle your dispute there first?
I have never had even the slightest matbhed (difference of opinion) with anyone. Why is that?
Questioner: If one does not say or act in a way that creates differences, then there will be no matbhed (difference of opinion).
Dadashri: What is matbhed? Conflict and clash. If you are walking along and a light pole comes in your path, then you should have an understanding for it. What would happen if you ask the light pole, 'who do you think you are, coming in my way?" If a bull comes in your way, will you tell it to move aside?
Questioner: That will not work.
Dadashri: There you should move aside. What if a snake comes in your path?
Questioner: This world has become a world of animals.
