Aptavani-1
143
Dadashri : Your name too is mandatory. It was given to
you when you were an infant and you have to live with that
name, whether you like it or not. There is no escaping it.
Everything is mandatory and everything gets done automatically.
It does not matter at what stage you are on the natural flow of
this worldly path. Everything is mandatory and therefore you
will have to do it. A policeman will force you to comply with
the law because it is mandatory. Just as there are policemen on
the outside, there are policemen within. It is the policeman within
that makes every ‘top’ (everyone) spin.
One day I was sitting in the verandah and I saw an ox
being pulled mercilessly. Three men were pulling at its reins
from the front and it appeared as if they would tear its nose.
Another man was flogging the poor beast from behind. They
kept poking him with a sharp nailed-stick but even then the ox
would not budge. I asked them why they were treating the ox
that way and why would it not move. They told me that they
had taken the ox to a vet the day before and it scared him and
now he refuses to move. The ox had no choice in the matter.
It would have to go. Instead of going through all the torture,
why not go willingly? Either way you will have to comply so
why not do it willingly instead of complying through torture?
Everything is mandatory so proceed without causing any problem,
otherwise the world will flog you, like they flog the ox, and will
make you comply.
You may not like to drink the poisons of the world but,
because they are mandatory, you will be made to drink them.
Instead of drinking with a frown, drink with a smile and
become a nilkantha. Do this and your ego will melt away
and you will become Mahadevji. I have become Mahadevji
in this way.
Even for Lord Mahavir renunciation was mandatory. What