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Covetous people take on a liability
Questioner: Is it just one intense greed that is to the extreme, which traps a person?
Dadashri: Yes, that is what happens. If he has an important date at the court and he is tempted by something, he will not show up at the court; by doing this he makes his problems worse.
Questioner: Such a person is considered very irresponsible.
Dadashri: Leave alone irresponsibility but he is taking on tremendous liabilities. He remains undaunted because of his intense greed (lalacha) and so he takes on tremendous liability.
A covetous person is always seeking pleasure
But a covetous person (lalachu) is the owner of every 'port'. His ship will stop at every port. And the rule is that a merchant will always find customers.
Questioner: But that is what he is looking for, is he not?
Dadashri: No, not because he is looking for it, but that is the law. Because when you take some medicine, where does it go? It goes where there is a problem. How does the medicine you take through your mouth go to where the problem is? That is the law; it is attracted there. So what am I saying? Pain attracts the medicine; it is not the medicine that traps the pain. So it is the pain that attracts the medicine. You may not be able to find your medicine anywhere in the stores but your friend comes along saying. I could not find this medicine anywhere. I found just this one bottle. The man I bought it from had only one', I would tell him 'Yes, I understand. I understand without you even telling me!'
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Why has intense greed (lalacha) for this?
Questioner: Is it possible for an avaricious person (lalachu) to not like working because of his intense greed? Dadashri: He will not find a job and neither does he like
working.
Now people will tempt you with all kinds of new things and you will start to wonder, 'should I take one or the whole bunch?' You will come across something to tempt you when you are about to lose your hard earned money. People will tempt you but if your intense greed (lalacha) arises, you will find yourself in a predicament. You should do business that will help you. You will be successful only if you do business that suits your prakruti. If you try to do any business that is merely castles in the air, then you are doomed. One's own prakruti too is gullible to such 'castles in the air' businesses. The moment a con artist comes with a proposal, one becomes tempted and goes for it. It is all 'castles in the air'. This had happened to 'us' also. 'We' have seen all such fake businesses.
Whether you harbor simple expectations, intense greed (lalacha) or no greed at all in this world, you will reap the same fruits. Why then should you have intense greed (lalacha)? These are perishable, temporary things. They will come back even if you were to kick them out and on the other hand no matter how much you beg for them to come, they will not because it is all mechanical, scientific circumstantial evidence.
Swachhand (intense inner impediment of doing things according to self-guided ego) and lalacha (intense greed)
This intense greed that still remains within will kill you. That is why 'we' keep cautioning you repeatedly. Otherwise, even a very strong person will not make any progress.
