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life without Conflict
life without Conflict
nature strips them of all their worldly possessions. One way or another, debts incurred in the previous life get paid off in this life, but new debts created during this life, remain outstanding for payment in the next life. Now, after having acquired Gnan you will not bind any new debts and the old ones will be paid off. Once paid off, you will depart, but if anything remains pending, you will have to spend a few more days clearing it up. The karmic debt for this life is paid off through your current body and the conflicts, mistakes, that you make in this life will be carried forward to the next life, where you will start all over again.
Therefore Avoid Conflicts Therefore avoid conflict wherever you can. Conflicts not only ruin your current life but also the coming one. That which ruins this life is bound to ruin the next. Your next life will improve if your current life improves. If you do not experience any difficulties in your current life then know that you will not have difficulties in your next life. But if you create difficulties in this life, then they will follow you into your next life.
Questioner: What happens if we create a conflict within a conflict?
around him too; otherwise the damage would be tremendous if it were to head-butt with you. So you have to do the same if you come across such people in your life. Conflicts are like that. If someone comes to fight with you and he shouts all kinds of abuse, you must maintain the awareness that you have to avoid conflict. If your mind is still and peaceful, and suddenly something affects it, you must understand right away that the effect is coming from the other person's mind and therefore you should move away from there. Everywhere there are conflicts and as your understanding of conflicts increases, you will be able to avoid them. Liberation is attainable by avoiding conflicts. Conflict is the nature of this world. It is in the form of vibrations.
In 1951 I told a man who worked for me to take two words from me: "Avoid Conflicts.' I was reading some scriptures and he came to me and asked me, 'Dada give me something.' I told him, 'What can I give you? You cannot get along with anyone. You fight with everyone.' I knew that he squandered away all his money and when it came to paying for train fares, he would cheat or not pay enough and on the contrary he would fight with the railway staff. I knew everything about him. So I told him "You should avoid all conflicts. You do not need to learn anything else.' Even to this day, he lives by this command. If you were to pick a fight with him now or call him names or try to provoke him in any way, he will avoid the situation all together.
Avoid conflicts. Conflict is the foundation of the worldly life and its perpetual cycle. God has said that this foundation has been built out of vengeance. Every man, every living being harbors vengeance as a reaction to conflict. If interactions go beyond the limits, then vengeance will surface.
Dadashri: Your head will explode! One man asked me how he should go about crossing this ocean of life. I told him, "Avoid conflicts!' He then asked me what I meant by conflicts. So, I asked him what he would do if while walking, he came across a lamppost, would he walk around it or walk into it? If there were a boulder obstructing your path, what would you do? You would walk around it. What would you do if you met a bull on the way? You would have to go
