Right Understanding To Help Others

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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Right Understanding to Help Others
Right Understanding to Help Others
and precariously and then suffer the consequences later on. And if one wants a friend in the form of merit karma (punya), I would point to a tree and tell him to learn from the tree. Does a tree enjoy its own fruits?
Questioner: No, it does not!
Dadashri: These trees and plants are here to serve humans by offering their fruits. What do the trees receive in return? They evolve into a higher life form and humans too progress with their help! What do you gain from eating the fruit of the tree and what does the tree lose? You experience enjoyment from eating the mango and as a result, your inner tendencies change, consequently allowing you to earn spiritual benefit worth nearly a hundred rupees. About five percent of that benefit will go to the tree for its fruit, which you enjoyed, and the remaining ninety-five percent will remain with you. The five percent of benefit earned by the tree will take the tree into a higher life form, and you too will progress higher. These trees want you to enjoy their fruits and flowers.
Yog, Upayog, Paropkaray If you like the worldly life, if you enjoy sensual pleasures and have desires and you can afford to do so, then do this much: practice union with the Self (yog), awareness of the Self (upayog) and being benevolent to others (paropkaray) - Yog, upayog, paropkaray.
Yog means the union of the mind, speech and body. Upayog means to use the intellect, the mind and the chit (subtle component of vision and knowledge in the inner functioning instrument called antahkaran) for others, even if it is for your own family. Why do people feed this dog? It is because she is taking care of her puppies and since God resides in her puppies, she too is taken care of. The entire world functions on this very foundation. Where do these trees get their nourishment? Do they have to make an effort? They are not 'emotional' at all. They
never become anxious. They never think about walking a mile to a river for a drink.
All one needs is honesty and a mutually obliging nature - that is all. Do only that which is beneficial for human life. There are only two kinds of people who have no worries; one is a Gnani Purush and the other is the one who obliges others.
The Real Method of Obliging Questioner: What constitutes good deeds in this world? Please define them.
Dadashri: Yes. These trees have good actions, but their actions are not based on a 'doership. These trees have a life. They give their own fruits to others. You should do the same; give your fruits to others. In doing so, you will continue to receive yours. Whatever benefits come your way, whether they are related to your body, your mind or your speech, if you give these benefits freely to others, you will receive everything for yourself. You will not lack any of life's necessities. But when you keep the benefits for yourself, you will experience obstructions. What would the owner of the tree do if the tree ate its own fruits? Would he not chop it down? People not only reap their own rewards, but in addition they ask to be paid for them!
People charge 22 rupees for filling out simple claim forms! In a country where legal cases were argued at no charge and where the lawyers even provided food and hospitality to their clients, all of that has changed and now they are reduced to doing this! In the past, if there was a conflict in a village, the head of the village would bring both the parties together in order to come to an agreement. He would make the debtor pay a portion of the money owed and arrange for the balance to be paid off in installments. Then he would feed both the parties and send them home! Do we have such lawyers today? Therefore, understand and recognize the difference between the times. When a person spends everything on himself, at the time of his death he will be