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whether or not this rupee is genuine or fake. Do we not insult the rupee when we tap it and knock it (to authenticate it)? We immediately know that it is not worth discarding, so would we not put it in the cupboard? And if it is worthless, then we can discard it.
Questioner: When we try testing, do we bind karma?
Dadashri: No. “We' protect the one that does the testing. How else are you going to test him? Here, with ‘us', if you want to test 'us', 'we' will protect you. 'We' will not let you fall, and you will pass your test.
Questioner: You will protect us, but what if we went to test someone else?
Dadashri: Do not do that anywhere else, and if you do, keep a hundred rupees ready, on you. Massage his feet, and say, “Sir, I am a bit mad', by doing such things, you can turn it around. And if you buy him something for a hundred rupees, and massage his feet, he will be very happy. That is because it does not take long to make an egoistic person (ahamkari) happy. Even if you tickle (flatter) him, he will be happy.
Questioner: How is an ordinary person to know, without doing all this testing?
Dadashri: His speech (vani) is syadvaad (speech that does not hurt the ego of any living being); it does not go against, even in the slightest, any religion; his speech is not hurtful to anyone. And his speech, conduct and humility are appealing; they can even conquer our minds.
“This is the cash bank of Divine Solution” – there is never ‘on credit' (udhaar); there is only cash (gives instant results). Whatever you want, you will receive as cash here.
If he gives you Knowledge of the Self (Atmagnan) immediately (in cash), then he is a manifest (pratyaksh) Gnani
