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. 04 | March 2015 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