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break. Be ready to go bankrupt. Now that you have this path to moksha in your hand you will have to show courage. If ticks get in to the clothes, should you throw out your clothes altogether? You simply have to pick off the ticks.
If someone uses hurtful words towards you, are you able to tolerate it?
Questioner: He is far away so it does not hurt as much.
Dadashri: Ordinarily what is the nature of human beings? They tolerate the physical suffering but they cannot tolerate harsh words. They have a belief that everything sticks to them. In fact, it is not as close as you think. There is only a touch (sparsha). There is simply a touch between the Self and the non-Self (the physical body complex, pudgal); they have never been or become one. The attribute (guna) of the Self is such that the moment one says anything, one immediately feels the effect of what he says. Therefore, you have to use the qualities of a Kshatriya. You have to remain in contact with Me for some time.
What is the nature of the Self (Arma)? It instantly becomes that which it envisions (chintavey). If it envisions unhappiness, it becomes unhappy and if it envisions being happy, then it becomes happy. Therefore, one has to be very aware that he does not do any chintavan such as, 'my head is hurting.
Questioner: Such envisioning (chintavan) does not happen but the atmosphere gets ruined.
Dadashri: The atmosphere may change but you cannot say, my head is hurting'. You have to say, 'Chandubhai has a headache."
People are unnecessarily afraid. One man could not take a bitter medicine. So as he was watching, I leisurely ate some bitter medicine as if I was having tea and snacks. That man
became startled as he saw me and commented, 'you are eating it like a snack!' I replied, 'You know! You have to drink the medicine just like a cup of tea. Unnecessary fear has taken hold of you.' From then onwards he started to drink his bitter medicine like he did tea. It is all possible if someone is there to show you the way. You need someone to show you. If I show you a way to stick your finger in a fire, you will begin to do so too. You just need someone to show you how. Nothing touches or hinders the Self, so be the Self. Nirlep (non-smearable), asang (free from association), not even the association of fire affects it, so then how can it be affected by any physical suffering? Therefore, hang on to this nature of the Self.
And just keep 'seeing that it does not result in a state of the non-Self (par-parinati). What is par-parinati? Parparinati is to believe the effects of the non-Self to be of the Self. A headache is the effect of the non-Self (par-parinaam) and to make a statement, 'It hurts me', is called par-parinati. Those who do not have the effect of the Self (swa-parinaam), what else will they see except the effect of the non-Self? After Self-realization, 'swa' (the Self) comes in your hands. The existence of anger, pride, deceit and greed (krodh-maanmaya-lobh) ceases. Anger, pride, deceit and greed are called kashays (that which hurts the Self).
If you want moksha, it is like taking on the highest of challenges. Valour is valour. Not even an atom bomb can affect You; that is valour and fearlessness. And if you are a Shuddhatma (the pure Self), if You remain in the state of the Self that I have given You, then nothing will touch you. Neither fire nor water will touch You.
You have now become nihshank (doubt-free). Now remain in my Agnas (special directives) and live out your life. Let this body go if and when it wants to. Let them cut off your ear if they want to. You have to give up your body complex (pudgal). It is not Yours. That which is not Yours to begin with
