Aptavani 09

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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Questioner: So this interference occurs only if there is excessive intellect?
Dadashri: It is verily the excessive buddhi (intellect) that causes interference. This is because intellect of this era of the current time cycle is of the wrong kind (viparit). It is a misleading intellect (vyabhicharini buddhi) and therefore it subjects the doer to repeated beatings and suffering.
Questioner: So one with the necessary amount of intellect will not have unnecessary thoughts?
Dadashri: Yes. There are many people in India with a necessary amount of buddhi who do not have any other thoughts. Those laden with extra intellect (akkal) have more thoughts, they have excess unnecessary intellect, they think more, they suffer more. Therefore, when a person has to suffer real misery he will begin to have suspicions.
Suspicion is constant death Questioner: It is written in the Gita: "Sanshay-atma vinashyati", meaning when one begins to have suspicion; one self-destructs. So is that suspicion referring to the soul or something else?
Dadashri: Everyone is prone to suspicion. There is not a single person who does not have suspicion at some time or other. But some people do not have vishvas (trust) i.e. they do not trust anything in the world. They will continue to be suspicious about everything and that kills them; such people are 'dead' anyway!
Questioner: Are we talking about suspicion in the worldly life or in matters related to the Self (nischaya)? Which suspicion are we talking about?
Dadashri: The whole world has suspicion (uncertainty) in matters of the Soul (nischaya). That happens as a rule. Lord Krishna has said, "sanshay-atma vinashyati," for the worldly
life. Any man who has suspicions about anything or anyone, whether it is his wife, father, mother, brother or uncle; that man is as good as dead. How can a man who has suspicions about everything, live? The entire world is suspicious about the Soul and in this regards there is no death. But the one, who has suspicions in his worldly life, will die; he is dead for sure. Such a man will not trust anyone; he will continue to have suspicions. He would like to give goods on credit but keeps having suspicion about the borrower, such a man is dead for sure. When a young girl goes to college, her father will have suspicions about what she must be doing now that she is a grown woman. He will wonder about who her friends are. He will have such suspicions. So is he not dead?
Suspicion is of no use whatsoever. If a man goes out with a knife with the intention of attacking someone, he does not have any doubts about his actions and that is why he can do that. And the victim too will die only because he did not suspect anything. Nevertheless, they die only once whereas a person with suspicions is dying constantly.
Suspicion and inquisitiveness Questioner: What is the difference between suspicion (shanka) and inquisitiveness (ignasa)?
Dadashri: Suspicion and inquisitiveness have nothing in common. They are not of the same family: there is no relationship whatsoever between the two.
Questioner: When scientists do research, they proceed with uncertainty and suspicion.
Dadashri: There is not a single scientist who would indulge in doubt and suspicion for more than a minute, otherwise that science would collapse and cease. Suspicion is like suicide. Those who want to be suspicious can do so.
Questioner: Scientists do not accept anything without