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here and now. People will sing his praise and he will attain fame, but what sort of subtle (sookshma) karma must he have bound? It would be, 'I am not the sort that would give any money'. And the fruit of that, will come for him in his next life. This means that in his next life, he will not be able to give a single penny towards a donation. Now who could understand such a subtle thing?
Questioner: Dada, is the 'doer of sookshma (cause) karma and sthool (effect) karma different?
Dadashri: Yes, the 'doers' are different in both cases. These sthool (effect) karmas are discharge’ karmas. Just like a battery, once charged, wouldn't it just go on discharging? Even though you do not want it to, wouldn't it continue discharging?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: That is how the overt (sthool; effect) karmas are discharge’ karmas, and the new ones, that are being charged internally, are subtle (sookshma; cause), which will 'discharge in the next life. And in this lifetime, charged batteries' of the previous lifetime are continually discharging. The battery of the mind, the battery of the speech and the battery of the body are all discharging, while simultaneously new ones are being charged from within.
When I speak, you believe that, ‘I (Dada) am speaking', but that is not the case. This is a ‘record that is playing! It is the speech’s ‘battery' that is discharging. I am not the one speaking. Whereas all people say, “Just look at how well I spoke!” That is all a wrong belief. They are merely doing 'egoism'. Is there anything else left once the 'egoism' leaves? This egoism alone is ignorance and it is itself the illusion of the Self (Bhagwan ni maya). This is because the 'doer'is someone else, and yet your “adjustment is your belief that “I am the doer'.
