Generation Gap

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

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Dadashri: Do you have sexual thoughts about anyone?
'Jai Sat Chit Anand', the parents will become embarrassed. Just press the panic button that will start the alarm, 'Jai Sat Chit Anand, and the quarrel will come to an abrupt end. (P.433)
Questioner: Sometimes...
Dadashri: Beware. The consequences of sexual thoughts and actions with anyone other than your spouse are very grave. You will be digging a very deep hole for yourself, from which you will not be able to climb out. So walk very carefully and be very cautious. You are still young and that is why I am cautioning you. If you were an old man, I would not say anything.
Conduct yourself in such a way that everyone at home is happy with you. If they hurt you, settle the dispute with equanimity; without attachment or abhorrence and try to make them all happy. Then watch the love that develops between you. If you keep behaving negatively, you are destroying the foundation of their love and eventually it will not be there. (P. 437)
Questioner: Why do our elders get angry so quickly?
Questioner: Yes Dada, I understand. I will try my best not to harbor sexual thoughts.
Dadashri: Do not even entertain such thoughts. If you feel sexual attraction towards any woman, you must instantly do pratikraman; ask for forgiveness from Dada Bhagwan. (P.425)
Dadashri: When a car gets old and junky, it will overheat quickly. This does not happen to new cars. It is the same thing with the elderly. When a car overheats, do we not have to let it cool down? In the same way, they may have had some conflict outside the home, so that when they come home you will see a disgruntled expression on their face. At that time you cannot say to them that they always look disgruntled whenever you look at them. You merely have to understand that they may have encountered some difficulty and so you should just leave them alone until they calm down. (P.444)
Questioner: What should I do when my mom and dad get angry with me?
Dadashri: Just say 'Jai Sat Chit Anand'. And keep saying, Jai Sat Chit Anand, Jai Sat Chit Anand and they will eventually calm down. (P.433)
To look after our elders is the highest religion. What is the duty of today's youth? It should be to take care of their elders. Helping tow these old cars will ensure that in your old age you will find someone to tow you when you break down. You will
If dad is quarrelling with mom, and the children start saying,