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Lord) exist; ‘we’ always respect her if ‘we’ come across
Lakshmiji; ‘we’ never neglect doing so.
Do we not have a saying ‘If you have a son, a daughter-
in-law is bound to come’? If Narayan is with you, then
Lakshmiji is bound to come. We only have to give her our
address with respect and humility. People detain and obstruct
Lakshmiji as they do the new bride who is returning to her
husband after visiting her parents for the first time after her
marriage. (Certain customs prevent the bride from entering her
husband’s house if she does not bring enough gold or dowry
with her). Lakshmiji only asks for respect and humility. Would
there be a shortage of fun and festivities where the Lord resides?
Just as you cannot prevent dirt from getting on to your
hands, Lakshmiji will keep flowing into the hands of people,
depending upon their karma. Those who become blinded by
greed, obstruct this flow of Lakshmiji from every direction. Their
greed makes them blind.
There was a very wealthy businessman. His chit was
constantly occupied in his business and in trying to make money.
His sons and daughters had become wayward. Instead of going
to college and attending classes, they would run around
elsewhere. But did the man even have time to see what was
going on? The fool! He may be making money, but his home had
become infested with a ‘plague’. ‘We’ spoke very candidly for
his sake.
Money after 1942
Questioner : I make ten thousand rupees a month, but
why does it not last?
Dadashri : After 1942, money does not last. Money
after 1942 is tainted with sin and that is why it does not last.
Money after a few years from now will last longer. Even though
‘we’ are Gnani the money that comes ‘our’ way does not last.