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Questioner: Dada, is there any connection between commonsense and Gnan?
Dadashri: The only connection is that Gnan is selfless. The one who is going to attain Gnan has arrived at the stage of selflessness. After attaining Gnan, both Gnan and commonsense, blossom. Otherwise there is no connection between Gnan and commonsense. All of you here (mahatmas) have Gnan, do you not? It is because of the lack of any selfish intent; it is because of selflessness that both commonsense and Gnan continue to bloom in you. And the one who is selfish, his commonsense becomes one sided and the Gnan will not blossom at all.
Questioner: But the one who has a selfish interest, his ability of worldly interactions (vyavaharikta) will improve, will it not?
Dadashri: It will but it will be only one sided; it will be only in specific matters. That which is one sided, focused, and unilateral is not considered commonsense. Commonsense is applicable everywhere. That is why I have used the English term 'everywhere applicable,' so that people will not make their own 'convenient' meaning in their own language.
Questioner: But Dada, a person may or may not have any internal attachment (raag) or abhorrence (dwesh), in this.
Dadashri: Attachment and abhorrence will keep decreasing if one proceeds selflessly. Only the selfish one has all the attachment and abhorrence.
Questioner: And does the one with commonsense have attachment and abhorrence?
Dadashri: His attachment and abhorrence keeps decreasing day by day, the Gnan keeps increasing and the commonsense keeps blossoming everything blooms.
Questioner: Does commonsense increase from all the clashes that occur if a person knows how to extract the essence
(taaran - a quick internal assessment, the bottom line of any situations) of the event of the clash?
Dadashri: Such a person comes to a quick critical assessment because of selflessness. The selfish person will have no clue at all and he will not be able to evaluate it at all. So many such events will occur that will give him the opportunity to evaluate critically and increase spiritually within, but alas all the situations go away 'free of cost' (wasted). Many such events occur, but the world forgets, whereas, the one who is selfless is able to learn very quickly from the ability to see and conclude decisively through quick critical internal assessment. The taaran simply happens.
Questioner: The 'taaran simply happens? He does not have to do anything?
Dadashri: No, nothing at all. The 'taaran' simply happens for the one with commonsense. And the one with Gnan simply applies the Gnan for the 'taaran' and thereby Gnan expresses even further.
Questioner: In Gnan one sees' within that this is real and this is relative,' 'who is the doer?' 'Who is this?' etc. Similarly, the one with commonsense will have some kind of a "light' that lets him 'see', will he not?
Dadashri: The person with commonsense will be able to open all the 'locks' (solve all worldly problems and obstructions) that are difficult to open otherwise.
Questioner: With what solution, with what keys does he open these locks?
Dadashri: No, it comes naturally to him; it is part of his nature (swabhavik) and experience. These are the keys that he has gained as he passed through the experiences of all the events that have unfolded in front of him. The experience of an event leaves within him a key that he uses to get the work done with
