Science of Money

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation

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Science of Money
Science of Money
months, I would find a solution for him within just one day.
I could not tolerate anyone's suffering. If someone had a hard time finding a job, I would write letters of recommendation to people I would not ordinarily speak to, but when it came to helping people I would address them in my letters as 'Dear elder brother'! One way or another I would find solutions to help people. (165)
When I was doing business, I had one understanding with my partner. During the time that I was working, only that amount of money that I would legitimately earn as a salary would be sent home. Nothing more. Therefore that money would be pure for sure. The rest of the money stayed in the business. My partner asked me what we were to do with the retained money. I told him that if ever the income tax office demanded a payment for something, he should take the money from the business and make the payment, and not send any letters from the tax department to me. (168)
Questioner: If someone owes us money and does not pay it back when he is supposed to do we accept it as having fulfilled our past life debt and be content with the situation?
Dadashri: Not like that. If that person is rich and honorable then you should pursue the matter but if he is poor then don't make the effort to collect.
little short of cash, if you have the money, can you please make arrangements to send it to me?' Speak to him with respect and discretion and if the money does not come then understand that you have settled some past account with him. But if you don't even make the effort, he will take you for a fool and he will go on the wrong track.
Everything in this world is a puzzle and in this puzzle man gets so much beating life after life and is beaten to death after death. He has taken this beating for countless lives but when the time comes for him to escape this cycle, he does not take the opportunity. Then the opportunity does not come again. Only a liberated person can liberate others; what can a person who is bound, do for you? Only the liberated one is worthy. The moment the thought occurs to you: 'What's going to happen if he does not return my money?' your mind will start to become weaker. The element of suspicion is introduced. Once you lend money, just decide that you have folded all that money in a bundle of black cloth and thrown it in the ocean. What hopes do you have of retrieving something once you throw it in the ocean? Give without any expectations of any kind otherwise do not give. (176)
In this world there will always be interactions of give and take. So, if you lend money to people, sometimes some will not return the money, but you cannot be preoccupied and agitated over whether the money will be returned or not. If you do so, where will it end?
I was in a similar situation once, but I never worried about whether that money would be returned. I did however remind that person from time to time that he owed me some money. A man had borrowed five hundred rupees from me. There was neither a record nor a promissory note for this transaction. I had forgotten all about it until I encountered that man a year and half later. I
Questioner: Should I make the effort to collect or just sit at home and assume that if he is going to return the money, he will do so on his own accord and if he does not then do I assume that my past debt has been cleared?
Dadashri: No, no don't assume so much. You have to make the necessary efforts. You can tell him: At the moment I am a