Autobiograpy of Gyani Purush A M Patel

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

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Autobiography of Gnani Purursh
hundred thousand. Or in the worst case it would be enough for me if I were to break even as long as the income paid for my daily expenses and taxes. Then if the realized profit turned out to be three hundred thousand, I would be very happy because it was more than I had expected. People become miserable when they expect forty thousand but get only twenty.
Lose All Expectations And Be Free If a person were to expect only a loss i.e. treating all worldly endeavors as a loss, then no one would be happier than he. This kind of awareness is such that he will never be subject to any loss in his life. Anyone who looks at loss from this viewpoint will never experience loss in his life.
Endured Difficulties To Avoid Disputes I conducted business with my partner for forty-five years without allowing a single dispute to take place. So you can imagine how many difficulties I would have endured within. Surely internal difficulties are bound to occur. What does it mean to have difference of opinion and disputes? The world deals with them by reacting and attacking the other. Confrontation however is the wrong approach.
As A Consequence The Partner Saw God
Even before Gnan I did not allow differences to occur, not even with the bedbugs. The poor bedbugs too realized that I was a man without differences and conflicts and so they would take their quota and move on.
Questioner: How could you be sure whether whatever you were giving away was settling past accounts?
Dadashri: It is an exact settlement. It is not something
Autobiography of Gnani Purursh new. But this is not a question of settlement either. You should not spoil your current bhaav i.e. your deep inner intent, should you? The other is a settlement; it is an effect of causes from the past life, but the new inner intent should not be spoilt. My new inner intent became strong that only this is correct. Do you like what I am saying or are you getting bored?
Questioner: Yes Dada I like it. And you experienced freedom from all inner conflicts.
Dadashri: Yes, by enduring you become free from conflicts and not only that but the other person, my business partner and his entire family move on to a higher life form. By observing me, their minds too would become broader and open. Narrow minds become open. Despite being with me daily Kantibhai, my partner, would say, "Welcome Dada Bhagwan, you are definitely Bhagwan.' He remained with me all the time and yet developed affection and no negative feeling towards me. Just imagine how much he gained from that.
I have not done anything for my own benefit. My business ran without me. Kantibhai told me to continue doing my spiritual work and that he would take care of the business. All I had to do was to come to the business once in a while and show him what needed to be done. That is all he expected of me.
Questioner: But isn't there self-interest for the partner in entering into business with you?
Dadashri: Yes. Questioner: What did he gain from it?
Dadashri: He acquired monetary as well as worldly benefits. He had told his children that Dada's presence was his