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Dadashri: Yes, it increases lot. Straight people are easily deceived, but their commonsense will also increase a great deal. Some one may cheat the straight person by charging him more money but in return his commonsense will increase. Nothing in this world happens without receiving or giving in exchange. An exchange of one kind or another will inevitably take place.
Questioner: Commonsense is applicable everywhere, right? So then, then how does he get cheated?
Dadashri: A person gets cheated because of his straightness and lack of excess intellect. He may not get cheated often but he will get cheated one or two times. However, his commonsense will blossom when he gets cheated. He will realize that he gets cheated in such circumstances and so his commonsense will continue to increase.
Solution with commonsense
Commonsense is a tremendous thing. One man went to his boss and started to say all kinds of things to him. Because the boss had commonsense, he was not affected at all. So we can see a practical application of commonsense here. Any other person will get discouraged and get very depressed. But I did not see seen any depression in the boss. I was observing him to see whether he would become depressed or not. Despite all the insults, he did not get depressed at all.
So what do I tell everyone? Solve all your problems with commonsense. No matter what the other person says, is it not dependant on his mind? And it is only because of your own punyai merit karma fruition (!) that he speaks that way to you! No one will say anything to you without your punyai (!)
Selfishness prevents full common sense
Questioner: One who has common sense is free from any problems, and nothing happens to him, but does he ever become the cause (instrument, nimit) for pain and miseries for another person encountering him?
Dadashri: Yes, it may happen. It will happen if the other person is
