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find them appealing and without any contradictions but they also tell me that my behavior contradicts my message of Ahimsa. I explain to them what the Lord has said in the scriptures that the Self-Realized Gnani has no ownership of his body and because of this he is not liable for the body's actions. Secondly the Gnani does not renounce nor take up anything. They did not understand the meaning of 'not having ownership of the body', so I asked them why they thought that I commit violence in such acts. One person asked whether it would constitute violence if he were to crush an insect under his foot. I told him that it is violence because he believes that it is his foot that steps on the insect. I told him that I have no ownership over this body and hence there is no doer ship in the act.
He wanted me to give him examples and define what a person owns and what he does not. I gave him the following example: There is a vacant plot surrounded by shops in an affluent area of a town. Someone has informed the police about hidden excise goods buried there. The site is overgrown with vegetation after the rainfall. The police start to dig and they unearth the goods. They arrest Laxmichand who they were told was the owner of the land. Laxmichand tells them that he was no longer the owner and that he had sold the land two weeks ago. When the new owner is interrogated, he protests to being accused and tells the police that he had only bought the land a fortnight ago, while the goods must have been buried before the rainy season, since the area was now overgrown with vegetation. The police however are only concerned about the present-day ownership of the land and although the new owner purchased it only fifteen days ago, he is still held responsible because he is the owner now. The problem is with the ownership. If one were to look at the facts, it was obvious that the goods were buried before the rain. Past ownership has no value or
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responsibility. The current owner bears all the responsibility.
"I am Chandulal" is being owner of the body and hence you are responsible for all his actions. "I am pure Soul" is the State of the Gnani; where there is no ownership at all and hence no liability of violence.
You will only find a resolution when you understand everything from such detailed perspective. How else can this puzzle be solved?
"It is a puzzle. The world is the puzzle itself. How can one solve this puzzle? There are two viewpoints to solving this puzzle: One 'relative' viewpoint, one 'real' viewpoint."
If one does not solve this puzzle, then one will become dissolved in it, like everyone else in this world.
Questioner: By saying 'I am not the owner of this body' will people not exploit situations and do as they please?
Dadashri : No, people would not admit to this openly. Would a person not immediately become an owner of his body if someone were to slap him? Even if someone insulted him, would he not immediately assume ownership and retaliate? Would his reactions not prove that he becomes the owner? One cannot accomplish anything by merely saying it. One would have to have the experience of it.
Questioner: But is it not a sin to travel by car because of the violence involved?
Dadashri : The world is full of sin. It is only when one ceases to be the owner of one's body, that one becomes sinless. Otherwise as long as a person is the owner of the body, everything that he does is a sin.
