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of quarrel have been sown from countless past lives; they lie
dormant within, waiting to sprout as soon as the right
circumstances arise. The Gnani Purush can burn these seeds of
conflict, whereby no more conflicts would occur.
Srimad Rajchandra says that I bow down to the family
where even a single day passes without a conflict.
Pleasure And Pain : Their True Nature
Where does one find misery? Misery is the result of
following the world. There is never any happiness in following
what the world does. No matter which way you turn, there is
only misery. In following the Gnani, there is never any misery.
There is no pain where the Gnani is.
What is true misery? True misery is when a starving person
finds no food to eat. Misery is when a thirsty man finds no
water. Misery is when a person gasping for air finds no air to
breath. All other afflictions and sufferings can be tolerated in
some manner or other but you cannot do without food, water
and air. You can endure all other tensions because you will not
die from them. And yet you walk around unnecessarily burdened
with such tensions.
Questioner : Why does one person find pleasure and
another pain?
Dadashri : Pleasure and pain are imaginary - mere mental
projections. If you believe something is good, then you will like
it. Anything done to the liking of others helps accumulate merit
karma. What is carried in the vessel of the intellect will keep
on changing but it is that which is carried in the vessel of
intellect at the time of death, which will give results for your
next life.
This is a process of evolution. The knowledge you gain