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The fault of the sufferer
WHO IS AT FAULT, THE CULPRIT OR THE VICTIM?
Everyday you read about robberies and theft in newspapers, but you should not become alarmed or anxious. Thoughts and worries about whether or not the same will happen to you are negative and these are the mistakes that bind you. Instead, why not just live spontaneously and naturally? You will only be robbed if it is in your account of past karma. If it is not in your past karma, then no one in this world can touch you. So be fearless. The newspapers will print anything but you should not be afraid of the news. It should not worry you even if thousands of people were being robbed.
No one has any control over you. If you do happen to be robbed, all you need to ask is who is the one suffering and move on.
The world is not meant for suffering, it is meant for enjoying. People receive that which is due to them according to their karmic account. Why are some people happy while others are suffering? It is because they have brought such accounts with them.
Many people have written the statement: "The Fault is of the Sufferer' in large print, on their walls at home, so that they would be reminded of who is at fault whenever they experience any suffering.
If a man remembers this sentence throughout his life and applies it to his life's circumstances with the correct understanding, he would not need a guru. These words alone will take him to moksha (final Liberation).
The fault of the sufferer
A GREAT SENTENCE
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"The fault is of the sufferer' is a great sentence. It occurred to me spontaneously when the time was right. It is so powerful and has so much meaning, that one can write a book on it.
This sentence solves half the puzzle, and 'Scientific circumstantial Evidence, (Vyavasthit)', solves the other half. If you are suffering, it is because of your own fault. No one else is to blame. From the worldly perspective, the one who inflicts pain is at fault, but God's law says that the fault is of the sufferer.
Questioner: But will not the one who inflicts pain also have to suffer one day?
Dadashri: He will be considered at fault the day he suffers, but today your fault has caught up with you and that is why you are suffering.
THE FATHER'S MISTAKE OR THE SON'S?
A wealthy businessman had problems with his son who would come home drunk late at night. Whenever he attempted to reason with him, the son would shout abuses at him and retire to his room. While the son slept soundly, the father would stay awake worrying about him. He came to me with his problem and I told him that the mistake was his since he was the one who was suffering. His son was not at fault, because he was not suffering and neither was the rest of the family. Even his mother slept peacefully. I told him that it was repayment from his past life, in which he had spoilt his son excessively and that he should be
