Autobiograpy of Gyani Purush A M Patel

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation

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Autobiography of Gnani Purursh
Autobiography of Gnani Purursh money, but never paid it back. I realized that this was the result of enmity from the past life and an unsettled account. It was fine that he took the money. With this awareness, I told him that he was free to keep the money and that he did not have to return it. If you can destroy enmity by letting go of your money, then do so.
I Cleared Past Life's Debt By Paying Double
You borrow from others and others borrow from you; such give and take is inevitable in this world. If you lend money to someone and that person does not pay you back, you get agitated and keep wondering when he or she will pay it back. How can there ever be an end to all this?
This happened to me once. From the very beginning, I was never bothered much if people did not return money they had borrowed from me. I would, however, once in a while remind them about the money they owed me. Once I had lent five hundred rupees to a gentleman without any kind of a written note of this transaction. I did not make him sign any note or anything like that. I had forgotten about this altogether. About a year and a half later I happened to meet him and this jogged my memory. I told him, 'If you have the money, please send the five-hundred rupees you borrowed.' He replied, 'What five hundred rupees? When did you lend me money? On the contrary you have forgotten, that I lent you five-hundred rupees.' I immediately understood. I told him, "Yes, let me recall for a moment I pretended to think and then told him, 'Yes I do recall that. Why don't you come by and pick up the money to-morrow?' Then the next day I gave him the money. What could you do if such a person were to come the next day accusing you for not returning his money? There have been such incidents.
How is one to cope with such a world? Expecting people to return money you lend them is the same foolishness as harboring expectation for a bundle of money wrapped in black cloth and thrown in the ocean. If the money even comes back, accept it. Serve the man some tea and snacks and tell him, *My dear friend, I am grateful to you for coming to return the money. It is a wonder because in this day and age, money never comes back', and if he tells you that he will not pay you any interest, you can tell him that it is enough that he is paying back the original amount. Do you understand? This is how the world is. There is no joy for the one paying back the money and no joy for the one taking back the money either! Now who is happy in this matter? And what is more, it is all vyavasthit. It is vyavasthit when a person does not pay back and vyavasthit when I give him the same amount again, without receiving the original amount.
Questioner: Why did you give that man another five hundred rupees?
Dadashri: To make sure that I will never have a cause for interaction with him again in my life to come. We should have this much awareness for having deviated in our past life. Allowed Myself to be Deceived To Avoid Kashayas
My business partner Kantibhai once told me that people take advantage of my naïve nature. I told him, 'You are naive to think that I am naive.' I deliberately allow people to deceive me. He then told me that he would not say such a thing again.
I am always aware of the motives of the one I am dealing with. I take pity on his covetous nature and intent to deceive, so I let him go. We all have come here in this life to become free from kashayas (weaknesses of anger, pride, attachment