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beginning, we are essentially misusing the knowledge of Vyavasthit.
CLASHES DIMINISH SPIRITUAL POWER
If there is anything that totally depletes spiritual energy, it is conflict. If you become involved in a fight, you are done for! If someone tries to provoke you, you should restrain yourself. There should not be any conflict. Avoid conflict at any cost; even that of your life! One can attain liberation if only there is no clash. If you learn to avoid getting into conflict with anyone, you don't even need a guru or any other intermediary. In one or two life times you will attain liberation. When one decides and sustains a strong resolve that he does not want to involve himself in any friction with others, it is the beginning of right belief (samkit). I guarantee that they will get it. One can cure the effects of clash on the physical body with medicines, but who will be able to remove the scars of clash on the mind and on the intellect? They will not dissolve even in a thousand life times.
Questioner: Does clash cause damage to the mind and the intellect?
Dadashri : Not only the mind and the intellect but the entire internal mechanism will be affected and its effects will be seen on the body too. Many difficulties arise through clash.
Questioner : You are saying that all your energies will deplete with friction and clash. Will these energies return with awareness?
Dadashri : You do not need to drag your energies back. They are still there. They are now arising. In you're past life, all energies that you had lost because of clash, are now coming back to you. Beware not to create any new clash
or else your energies even those you have just acquired will be lost again. However in the absence of clash they will increase continuously.
It is because of revenge in this world, there is clash. The root cause of this world is vengeance. He who has stopped his vengeance and clash is liberated. Love has no obstacle. When hostility and enmity go away, love prevails. COMMON SENSE - "EVERYWHERE APPLICABLE"
What is required to make worldly interaction pure? One needs to have complete common sense. One needs to be stable, cool-headed, considerate, and above all one needs common sense. The definition of common sense is that it is *Applicable Everywhere. If one has common sense along with self-realization, he will be radiant.
Questioner: How can common sense come about?
Dadashri : If someone tries to clash with you but you yourself do not clash with anyone, then common sense will arise. You will lose your common sense if you clash with anyone. There should be no friction from your end.
Common sense arises from another person's friction with you. The strength of the Soul is such that it will show you how to conduct yourself during times of friction. Once it is shown, this knowledge will never leave you. Moreover, you will acquire more common sense. Because I do not come into any friction, I have tremendous common sense. I can immediately understand the meaning behind what you say. Other people may think that what is being said is harmful to Dada, but I realize instantly that this "harm" is really not harmful. It is not harmful from the worldly point, nor is it
