Spirituality in Speech

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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Spirituality in Speech
Spirituality in Speech
have to do is understand it.
health, if someone asks about their health, they will say, 'It is fair'. What foolishness! When they say it is fair, they will not go far.
That is why I have eliminated the words 'fair' and 'okay* altogether because such words are damaging. The moment you say, 'It is great', the soul within becomes great also.
When I retire to my room, people think Dada must be taking a leisurely nap. There is no truth in that. Instead I sit in the cross-legged position (padmasan) for one hour. Even at the age of seventy-seven, my legs are very flexible and that is also why my eyesight is very strong and powerful. Everything is preserved well!
I have never criticized or insulted this prakruti (of Ambalal). People insult their prakruti by criticizing it. The prakruti is a living entity and if you insult it, it will be affected.
4. Equanimity In The Face Of Hurtful Speech
Questioner : If someone scolds me and I am not at fault, is he still a nimit?
Dadashri : No one in this world has a right to tell you anything, unless you are at fault. If he says anything, it is as a pay back of a mistake that you made in your past life. It is a mistake of your past life that is being avenged through the medium of this person. He is just a nimit. The mistake is yours, and that is why he is scolding you.
In reality, he is liberating you from your mistake and therefore you should maintain a positive bhaav towards him. All you have to do is ask the Lord within him, to give him right intellect because he has become a nimit.
Whatever comes your way is a result of your own doing. Settle all your past accounts and do not create any new loans.
Questioner : What do you mean by the term new loans?
Dadashri : If someone insults you and you feel within your mind, 'Why is he doing this to me? then you have created a new loan i.e. bound a new karma. You are creating a new account as the previous one is being settled. Instead of crediting the insult and settling the past account, you are creating a new one. You had given one insult in your past life but when the nimit comes to return that insult, you turn around and loan five more. As it is you are not able to endure this one insult but yet you create a new and bigger account with five more and then you become puzzled! This is how all confusions arise. Now how can the human intellect comprehend this?
If you cannot afford to continue such transactions, then do not give back anything new in return, but if you can afford to do so, then give five more again!
Questioner: We credit the insult once, twice, a hundred
Questioner: If someone says something insulting, how should we deal with it? How should we maintain equanimity?
Dadashri : What does our Gnan say? First of all, no one in the world has any power to disrupt you. It is not possible for anyone to interfere in anyone else's life. So how is it that you are faced with such interferences? The one who interferes in your life is a nimit (instrumental in settling your account) for you. If anyone hurts you or helps you, the account is yours only. Whether people help you or harm you, it is due to your own account; it is a result of your own past karmas. They are simply the nimit. Nobody can interfere with you once the account of karma is over.
Therefore it is pointless to quarrel with the nimit. By accusing your nimit, you are creating a new account. So there is nothing that you have to do here. This is a science and all you