Akram Youth Nishchay | June 2015 | Akram Youth | Page 10

Gnani's Scientific Solutions OB M PR 10 | June 2015 once you lose people's trust, you do not have any value as a human being. If someone lies to us, it hurts us, likewise if we lie to others, won't it hurt them too? Questioner: When we lie do we bind karmas? Dadashri: Definitely! But more than speaking lies it is the intent of wanting to lie which binds more karmas. If someone lies, it's fruit will be borne in the next life. Questioner: Although not wanting to speak lies, they tend to be spoken Dadashri: If you happen to lie and you realise it, then immediately ask for forgiveness from Dada saying, 'Dada, I do not want to lie. Please forgive me. I will not lie henceforth.’ Thus our opinion to lie perishes and so does the demerit karmas that we have bound. Yet if it occurs again keep asking for forgiveness repeatedly so it will not bind us. S OL U ON TI LE Questioner: Why does a person lie? Dadashri: A person lies out of fear. There is an underlying fear of what someone might say to him or else it is out of the desire to obtain something. So, gradually he gets into the habit of lying. Consequently, it so happens that even in the absence of fear he lies out of habit. If you were sent to Borivali station saying, “Go to Borivali and check if Dada has arrived. Dada was to reach the station by five o'clock,” You leave for Borivali but you bump into a friend on the way and start chatting with him. You return (without going to Borivali) and say, “It seems that Dada has not arrived.” But I would have come for satsang which everybody would know. Then people will stop trusting you. Questioner: What are the disadvantages of lying? Dadashri: People will lose trust in you and