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Therefore if you are going to worry, worry your whole life otherwise do not. Worry about incurring a loss until it is recovered. But like a top, we remain under control of other things and the worrying stops on its own, what is that all about? If your worrying stops on its own even before the loss is recovered, then why not put a stop to it form the beginning? Does it not stop before the loss ends?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: Then you have to ask the 'worrier', 'Why did you stop? Why did you start in the first place? Now that you have started, let it go till the loss is recovered.'
...otherwise do not harbor suspicions
'We had understood one thing even before attaining Gnan. Once I had become suspicious about one man. I felt that he was going to cheat us. Then I came to a decision that if I was going to be suspicious then I should be suspicious throughout my life otherwise I should not do it at all. If you are going to be suspicious, be that way throughout your life. That is a kind of awareness according to the Lord. If suspicion is going to end once it starts, then do not even be start. If you leave Baroda to go to Kashi-Banares but return back home half way, from Mathura, it would have been better if you had never left. So from the day I became suspicios of that man, after that time I do not harbor any suspicions. Otherwise I would not have any more dealings with him. I would no longer be cheated by suspecting him after that time. If suspicion is inevitable then avoid the worldly interaction with that person.
Be cautious but not suspicious
Questioner: We have to maintain awareness when we are driving, similarly in our worldly dealings, do we not have to maintain awareness of 'If I do it this way, will this man take advantage of me?' Do we not have to keep that in our awareness?
Dadashri: You have to be cautious and aware but do not have suspicions. You do not need to be preoccupied with the suspicion, 'what if he takes advantage of me?' Suspicion is very harmful. Only you have to catious. Suspicion will cause you misery the moment it arises.
