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donated." One will be rewarded for all that, here. For all that, they will be rewarded here (in this life), but what does that have to do with the next life? The Lord is no fool that He will accept such falsehood from you. They may be doing samayik on the outside, but who knows what is going on inside.
One man was doing introspective meditation (samayik) when someone knocked on his door. His wife opened the door. A man had come looking for him. "Where is the sheth (the boss)?" he asked, and the wife replied, "He has gone to a garbage dump (a bad part of town, renowned for illicit activities)!" The sheth, upon hearing his wife's reply, looked within and realized that indeed, that is where his mind was! Although on the outside he was doing a samayik, he kept having bad thoughts within. God does not allow such falsehood to carry on. If samayik prevails internally, although it may not be the case on the outside, it will still be acceptable 'there' (moksha). But this external ostentation will not work over there.
I will explain to you what overt (sthool) karma is. Say you become very angry. Even though you do not want to get angry, the anger still comes. Doesn't that happen?
Questioner: It does happen.
Dadashri: When that anger happens, you reap the consequences right here and now. People will say, 'Let him be, he has got a ferocious temper anyway.' Someone may even slap you. Therefore, either through disgrace or by some other way, you will receive the fruit of your karma. So, to become angry is your overt (sthool) karma. But if your inner intent (bhaav) of today is one of, 'It is necessary to get angry', then it would be, that you are creating another account of anger. But if today you have decided in your mind that you do not want to get angry at all, but despite that if you still do, then there will be no binding (karma of anger) in the next life. In this overt (sthool) karma, because you displayed your anger, you will have to suffer its
