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EDITORIAL
LIFE WITHOUT CONFLICT Everyone lives life, but real living is only if their life is free of conflicts.
In the current time cycle of Kaliyug bickering and clashing starts in the home from the time of breakfast, so what remains to be said about the rest of the day? Even in the past time cycles of Satyug, Dwapar and Tretayug, conflicts were present in the homes of prominent people. Even people of purity, such as the Pandavas spent their entire life planning a battle with the Kavravas. Shri Ramchandraji, who was exiled in the forest, had nothing but conflict and friction from the time Sita was abducted, to the point of the Ashvamegh Yagna. Nevertheless, they all overcame conflicts in their lives with spiritual knowledge, and that verily was their special power.
The prime source of all conflicts in life is misunderstanding. "You are the root cause of all your miseries', this statement of Dadashri divulges the very root cause of all miseries with such profoundness, that no one could ever imagine.
If a person continues to paddle his boat of life without deciding on his destination, how can he ever embark on the right course? He will get tired from paddling, give up, and ultimately drown midway in the ocean. Therefore it is very necessary to first decide the destination. Life without a goal is synonymous to keeping an engine running idle. If you want the ultimate goal, then liberation should be that goal. But, if you want something in between, and you do not have happiness in
your life, then at least make your life free of conflicts.
Every morning you should sincerely pray five times, 'I do not want to hurt any living being in the slightest extent, with this mind, speech, or body,' and despite doing this, if you happen to hurt anyone, then you should sincerely repent and take a vow that you will not hurt anyone again. By doing this, you will wash away your bad deeds and your life will truly become peaceful.
The bickering and quarrelling between parents and children can only be resolved through understanding. Primarily it is the parents who must understand. Excessive attachment will result in a lot of friction and suffering, creating more problems for both the parties involved. You have to fulfill all of your worldly obligations, but by no means are you to perpetuate the merry go round of attachment. Dadashri has clarified and given us tremendous inner understanding, of the interactions between children and parents. This knowledge has resulted in tremendous improvement in family life.
Despite the love that exists between husbands and wives, there are also tremendous inner conflicts and overt quarrels between the two. They are so trapped by their need for security in each other, that despite their internal conflicts and quarrels, they continue to live as husband and wife. Through a very informal and jovial approach, Dadashri gives us ways by which husband and wife can attain ideal interactions with each other.
Dadashri also gives us the keys to prevent conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, a master and a servant, a businessman and his customers, and between business partners.
Many aspirants who seek true knowledge do not attain it because they give importance only to the soul and disregard
