Book Title: Aptavani 09
Author(s): Gnani Purush Dadashri
Publisher: Gnani Purush Dadashri

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________________ And what do people generally do? Once they get burnt, they stop welding and start driving a wedge between the two. This way at least they maintain their importance and imression rof. Many people will not cause a rift between two people but where a rift exists between two people, they would not help mend it either and all because of their own self-importance rof. There are also people who will create rifts between people, but these are few in numbers. Some will not help mend the rift because it works out to their advantage. Only a few would make the mistakes that I made! But I used to patch things up everywhere, not just in certain instances because my desire was to fix and not destroy. Questioner: Dada this is a great science, the science of welding. Dadashri: Yes, it is a great sceience, but the world does not find it acceptable. Generally, in this world, when two people meet, one of them will start complaining about someone else and the other person will join in. Should one not understand what I am saying? It happened in our family too. The one who tries to patch things up takes a beating and if one does not, then they give him a lot of importance, 'Welcome uncle. Welcome. Come in uncle.' But the welding begets one a lot of beating which leads to dispassion vairagya towards the worldly life - will it not? What is the end result? One is filled with vairagya, otherwise there is no way to attain vairagya. How is it possible to attain dispassion in this world? Do you ever feel like renouncing even a little of it? And if you try to do this kind of welding, you will always take a beating. In this world, only the one doing the welding will take a beating. And in the end he is filled with dispassion, 'I did it all for their happiness but even then I end up with all the beating!' I have taken so much beating, I have paid a tremendous price in this process. Do not let your bhaav turn into abhaav Questioner: Welding was in my prakruti from the very beginning but I stopped after I got a beating. Dadashri: It will stop! It is the same for the whole world. Those raised in a noble home environment will have the intent of welding. Then

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