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should we not be the same?
Dadashri: You are not to see anything about the other person. He is responsible for his own actions. If some outlaws confronted you and you behaved like an outlaw too, then it is a different matter, but instead you just hand over your possessions to them, don't you? What is the point in acting boldly in front of the meek? What really counts is despite your strength; you become humble when dealing with the weak.
These officers come to work after getting into a fight with their wives and take it out on their workers. What fools! Be nice to your assistants, what will become of you if your assistant were to deceive you into signing certain important documents to get even with you? You need your assistants.
I take very good care of my assistants because the business runs smoothly on account of them.
Many people try to impress their boss to get into his good books. If the boss says to charge twenty percent, he will charge twenty-five percent to impress his boss! He is binding demerit karma in the process.
[8] Nature's Guest Nature is Helpful from the Moment One Is Born!
Every living being in this world is a guest of nature. Nature brings to you everything, but because you do not understand this fact, you remain restless internally and externally, all day long. That is because you believe you are the doer. That is all an illusion. In reality no one is the doer of anything.
Is everything not ready for you before you are born?
Does a baby have to worry about its milk after it is born? The baby's milk and all its needs will be ready before its birth. The doctor, the midwife and if a midwife is not available, the barber's wife will be there for sure! Regardless, certain preparations will fall into place and these preparations depend upon the class; the status of the guest that is going to be born. A first class guest will have first class preparations; a second-class guest will have preparations suitable for a second-class guest and a third class guest will have preparations suitable according to his class. There will always be a category of classes, will there not? All this is determined by one's karmas from one's past life. You have come with all the preparations, so why must you worry and bother others unnecessarily?
If you are a guest in someone's home, should you not behave as a guest, with humility? If I am a guest in your house, should I not be polite and mindful? If you tell me that I have to sleep in a certain place, do I not have to obey? If my lunch is served at 2:00 p.m., then I should eat quietly. I should eat whatever is served to me. I should not complain about the food, because I am a guest. Now how does it look if a guest goes into the kitchen and starts to cook? If as a guest, you interfere in household matters, who will allow you to stay? Eat whatever they put on your plate; if they serve you basoondi (dessert), just eat it. You cannot say, 'I do not eat sweets.' Eat leisurely whatever they serve you. If you are not too fond of what they serve you, eat little, but eat you must! Be mindful of all the regulations a guest must comply with. The guest cannot do raag-dwesh (attachmentabhorrence). Can a guest do raag-dwesh? The guest always maintains his boundaries.
At home, I live like a guest. All my needs are met.
