Spirituality in Speech

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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Spirituality in Speech
Spirituality in Speech
times; should we continue to credit them every time?
Dadashri : Yes. If you return the insult, you create a debit; you will start a new account. Instead let a hundred thousand insults come your way, just credit them. Someday the end will come. You will see, just do what I tell you!
Questioner : They have not stopped coming even after so many years.
Dadashri : Instead of thinking about anything else, do as I tell you, and it will all come to an end. I too have been doing the same thing, crediting everything. For the past twenty-eight years, I have not created a new account. All accounts have been cleared.
If you were to ask your neighbor, 'Early in the morning hurl five verbal abuses to me.' He would say, 'I don't have time for that.' Insults only come your way if you have a pending account. Nobody will insult you if there is no account, and if there is a pending account, no one will leave you alone.
with him. Whatever he does, whether he is cursing or doing something else, he is unfolding your karma. In such situations, accept it and close the worldly interaction with ideal worldly interaction. Here, do not seek any justice. If you seek justice of any kind, you will further complicate the matter.
Questioner : What if I have never insulted or hurt him at any time?
Dadashri : If you have never insulted anyone in your past life, no one will insult you in this life. But these are all your past accounts which will come into fruition in the future, which is why you cannot escape them. Only the accounts which you had created in your past life will come forth. Nothing will affect you without a pending account. These effects are the fruits of the seeds that you planted in your previous life. The account of effects is the worldly interaction (vyavahar).
What is the definition of worldly interaction? It is to divide nine by nine and not divide nine by twelve. Dividing nine by nine means to settle the account completely without leaving any carryovers.
What is the role of worldly justice? Divide nine by twelve. Dividing nine by twelve means, to look for justice in the effects, which are the consequences of your bhaavs of your past life. This is where people complicate things even more. Justice will incite you to retaliate with another insult, if insulted. If you retaliate once, the other person will retaliate twice and if you retaliate twice, he will retaliate ten times more. Not only does the problem perpetuate, it becomes more intense.
Worldly interaction that unfolds is according to how it was bound and created. If you ask me why I do not scold you, I will tell you that it is not in your worldly interaction (vyavahar) for me to do so. I have admonished you to the extent your vyavahar calls for, and not anything beyond. The Gnani Purush
From now on the only effort (purushaarth) you have to make is to drink the poison with a smile'. If some day a difference of opinion arises with your son and he gives you a glass of poison (bitter words), will you not have to drink it? Are you going to throw it back in his face? You will have to accept it, will you not?
Questioner : Yes, I will have to.
Dadashri : People of the world cry as they drink the poison. We on the other hand should smile as we drink it. That is all there is to it. We are the knower-seer (gnata-drashta) of the harsh words others say to us. We (the pure Self) are also the knower-seer of what we (worldly self) say.
What does it mean when a person insults you? It means that he is bringing to a close, your worldly interactions (vyavahar)