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is back again today, you should not be suspicious. Instead of becoming suspicious, create a safe side for yourself. Otherwise, it is a form of prejudice. Today he may not be that way. Many will never steal again. Circumstances force some people to steal, they steal out of necessity and then you may not see them doing so even if you leave money around.
Questioner: And yet some are seasoned thieves! They have made a profession of stealing.
Dadashri: Such thieves are different altogether. When they are around, you have to hang your coat somewhere safe. Nevertheless, you must not call him a thief. Although you do not call him a thief to his face, you are calling him so in your mind, are you not? You incur a liability when you call him a thief in your mind but if you say it to his face, then you are not liable. If you call him a thief to his face, he will beat you up and that liability is your external liability. You are liable (two ways, your adverse mediation plus binding new karma) for saying it in your mind. So then what would you do?
Questioner: One should not keep it in his mind, nor should he take the punishment.
Dadashri: Yes, or it is better to tell him on his face. He will curse you and go away. But there is a danger for what is kept in your mind. So what is best? The best thing is to neither keep it in your mind nor say it to his face. To keep it in your mind, the Lord calls it prejudice. A person steals due to maturation of his karma and today that krarma may not be there. Every living being in the world is dependent upon his karmas. So are such things not likely to happen?
Question: Yes they are.
Dadashri: Still, our people are experts at harboring suspicion, are they not? 'We never have suspicions. 'We stop them before they arise. The one who gets rid of all suspicions is a Gnani. The whole world is dying because of the ghosts of suspicions. Someone will say, 'Yesterday I saw that person stealing as he passed by this way. Today he has entered again. This is the rising of suspicion within.
