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Dadashri: Yes, insight is helpful. Where can a person get such insight if he does not have it? In that case he should consult someone he trusts for guidance. In this world, there is nothing better than to ask for advice before you do anything. If you ask your boss, "Can I go to the rest room?' and he says 'Go', then it does not matter even if you smoke for ten minutes while you are there. But if you go without asking him you will be caught. He will ask, "Why did you go to smoke?' So ask before you go.
Questioner: Does swachhand (acting according to one's will and intellect), gets destroyed if one ask for permission?
Dadashri: Yes, that is precisely why one needs to ask for permission - to get rid of the swachhand. That is why one is told to make a guru. That way you will not be driven by your own intellect (dahapan)! And whatever the guru says goes one hundred percent.
If we tell this man, ‘go run in this direction', he will not stop to ask any one, the question, 'Dada says to run in this direction, should I?' That is called someone whose swachhand is gone. But if he stops to ask someone, 'Should I run in the direction Dada has told me to or not?' that is called swachhand.
Yes, there is no need to ask me anything about worldly matters. For that you can ask your father or your elders or anyone who has experience in such matters. Ask them, they will explain everything to you.
Questioner: But during the time of worldly interactions, it is the common sense that is applicable, no?
Dadashri: But where will he get commonsense? If he keeps reading our books, he will attain some insight sooj but where will he get commonsense? Is it anything cheap or worthless?
Straightness increases commonsense
Questioner: Does commonsense increase when one becomes straight sarad?
