Aptavani 09

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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suspecting. People make discoveries because they question and have suspicions
Dadashri: That is not suspicion. It is eagerness to know. They do not have suspicions.
Questioner: Are you telling us not to be suspicious of anyone?
Dadashri: Not just people; do not be suspicious about anything. You are not to have suspicions about this book either. Suspicion means suicide!
Questioner: So do we have to believe everything that is written in books?
Dadashri: You do not have to believe everything. You can be suspicious for only a minute and then you should turn around. If you go beyond that, then suspicion is such that it will become a poison' and kill you.
Questioner: But what if everything that has been written is false?
Dadashri: It is never wrong or false. But when suspicion arises, you should stop after a minute.
For devotees... Questioner: Today in all the religions, the religious gurus say 'I verily am God. 'Is that to be believed? Is that not worth suspecting?
Dadashri: So what if they write such things? There is no need for you to have suspicion. You will understand that it is wrong. Doubts or suspicion is a different thing. There is no need to have the kind of suspicion that you are talking about. There is no need to have suspicion there. For the time being the guru is God and the disciple is a devotee, and this is how people's lives go on. However when there is a breach of the contract of such a relationship, there is a possibility that suspicion may arise. Otherwise, there is no reason for suspicions.
Questioner: A devotee of every God claims that his God is the Supreme God
Dadashri: That is exactly what should be said. If a devotee does not say that, then I tell him, 'Consider him Supreme. He is higher than the one here.' Then if he asks me, 'Is the one here all right?' I would reply. "That one is higher than the one here. I had told a few devotees of one saint, 'Brother, go there because there it is higher than here. 'People will sit there only if they consider him the Supreme; otherwise do you think they will last there? They will keep having doubts and suspicions wondering, 'Is it this one or is it that one... is it this one or is it that one?'
Questioner: So is he not likely to get hurt there? Surely, any form of investigation has suspicion at its root?
Dadashri: You may inquire, think on it and then move away. There is no need to bring suspicion into it. When does suspicion arise? It arises when there is a break in their mutual agreement resulting in a problem. Suspicion can never occur on its own.
So where do we find suspicion? When there is a connection between the two and when there is a deviation from what one had decided in that agreement between the two, it gives rise to suspicion as to what is all this?' You should not be suspicious for more than a minute. After that he should decide, 'such is my vyavasthit'. Thereafter, there must not be any suspicion. Suspicion means killing yourself.
Keep a medicine for suspicions
Questioner: What is it called when a person develops a doubt (vahem) in his mind?
Dadashri: Where does it come from? Does it not have to be exported from somewhere? Only then can it be imported into us.