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soul. Day and night the world is absorbed in conflict. For a
short while you fall under the spell of illusion of the world only
to return to your internal anguish. The whole world is immersed
in suffering and anguish. The illusion, transiently, makes people
forget their suffering. Suffering can never be destroyed and if
destroyed (by Gnani), there is liberation.
Today there are waves of conflicts everywhere and when
it gets worse and unbearable people resort to committing suicide.
But does that solve the problem? On the contrary, they carry
the problem, magnified many times, into their next birth and will
have to endure it. Therefore, it is better to get through all this
and endure it in this life. There is nothing but misunderstanding
and ignorance in this world.
Where did all this misery come from? It has come because
you have sought solace from those who are unhappy themselves.
How can there be any misery if you take solace from the One
who is in bliss. Dada is in eternal bliss. If you seek solace from
Him, where is the scope of any unhappiness coming your way?
Those who have selfish motives in what they do, are unhappy
people. If you seek solace from them, naturally you are going
to be unhappy. Those who are unhappy have not been able to
get rid of their own miseries so how can you expect them to
help you get rid of yours? You can be permanently happy only
when you go to the One who is Absolute, the one who is an
abode of endless bliss, the one who has no self-interest and is
free from all desires.
As conflict increases it turns into open quarrel. How can
you maintain a friendly relationship with a person who is
quarrelsome? It is like trying to sweeten soured whey- even the
sweetness turns sour. Instead it is better to keep your distance
from such a person. The other option is to become a Gnani. A
Gnani would have the real perspective and would understand
that whatever the other person is saying is merely a record and