Akram Youth Right Understanding | March 2015 | Akram Youth | Page 4
Dada’s Book Excerpt
Do not drink alcohol even in a dream
Dadashri: Do you drink alcohol? Do you
contaminate your body in this way?
Questioner: Yes, sometimes I do, when
there is stress at home. I am being honest with
you.
Dadashri: Stop your drinking. You have
become a slave to it.It is not right for you. This is
Dada's agna, so you must not touch alcohol at all.
Only then will your life run smoothly and you will
no longer need to drink. If you read 'CharanVidhi'
(booklet given after the GnanVidhi), you will not
need to drink at all. The CharanVidhi will fill you
with bliss.
Questioner: Of course Dada. But cocktail
parties have become the norm of the day and one
has to attend those parties if one has to make
progress and maintain contacts in business circle.
But otherwise I avoid having it. What you state is
very much true; one has to keep away from such
vices.
Dadashri: I am trying to convey this message
especially to the youth. Nowadays even these
youngsters get these thoughts of having alcohol.
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Questioner: Absolutely true. This kind of
thinking needs to be ingrained since childhood.
What I want to understand now is, what needs to
be done if a childhood friend coming from a very
good social background happens to fall a prey to
this addiction of smoking. Except for this one vice,
he is a very good person. In that case what should
be done? Should one break the friendship?
Dadashri: To be sincere in our 'gnan' and to
maintain relations with such addicts, both won't
be possible together.
Questioner: But what needs to be done if
one is compelled to stay in such company? Then
how should one avoid such vices?
Dadashri: One should avoid staying with
such addicts.
Questioner: How can I be free from
addiction?
Dadashri: You must be convinced that the
addiction is wrong and this belief will free you
from it. Your conviction should not falter at all and
your resolve to be free of the addiction should
never change. Only then will you overcome it. But
if you say that there is nothing wrong with your